Washington, DC—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the following statement today ahead of the one-year anniversary of President Bush’s announcement of his escalation in Iraq: “It is unfortunate and undeniable that one year after President Bush announced his ‘surge’ strategy, Iraq has failed to meet the benchmarks he outlined – and his Administration has refused…

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Washington, DC—Nebraska’sSenator Ben Nelson and Rand Beers, President of the National Security Network, held a press conference call Wednesday to discuss how the surge in Iraq has not achieved its goals one year after President Bush announced the strategy.  The surge’s primary objective of political reconciliation remains unmet, the Iraqi government has done little to…

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