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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The Washington Independent - Latest Comments in Brookings Benchmarks: An (Incomplete, Kinda-Sorta-Not Really) Explanation</title><link>http://washingtonindependent.disqus.com/</link><description></description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:31:20 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: Brookings Benchmarks: An (Incomplete, Kinda-Sorta-Not Really) Explanation</title><link>http://www.washingtonindependent.com.php5-9.websitetestlink.com/2039/brookings-benchmarks-an-incomplete-kinda-sorta-not-really-explanation#comment-1788827</link><description>Does O'Hanlon ever lay out exactly what his 11 benchmarks are?  The congressional benchmarks from last year numbered 18, I'd like to know what was dropped.  From the above I get&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;- Provincial election law&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;- Long term oil law&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;- Kirkuk(?)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;- Provincial Powers Act&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;- Federal funding for provincial governments&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;- Amnesty for Baathists&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;- Purging extremists from government&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;- Integrating Sunni militias into federal forces(?)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That leaves three unaccounted for.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">bjcefola</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:31:20 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>