DID FEAR OF RUMSFELD KEEP ARMY IRAQ REPORT UNDER WRAPS?
Topic: Dept. of the Army, Security & Secrecy, Dept. of State, Once in a Lifetime, Dept. of Defense11. February 2008 |
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A non-classified Rand Corporation study commissioned by the Army, completed in 2005, offered across-the-board criticism of the Army’s planning, troop deployment, and war prosecution efforts, including decisions made by Gen. Tommy Franks, who oversaw the Iraq invasion and the immediate post-war strategy, and then-Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld. It also targeted State Department and White House performance. Michael Gordon reports in the New York Times that according to some sources, the study was never published and distributed because "Army officials were concerned that the report would strain relations with a powerful defense secretary and become caught up in the political debate over the war." Read Michael Gordon here.
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