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What kind of success in Iraq do you expect to happen by the time we get to the general election? Well, I think a gradual progression in reducing casualties. More and more government control. More success against al-Qaeda. Slow, but receptable progress in the government functioning -... the usual indications and benchmarks of a successful counter-insurgency...
...only major candidate calling for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq with no residual forces because as he fully understands, what we lack in Iraq is political progress, and our military presence prolongs the violence. What we need in Iraq is a “diplomatic surge” and Richardson, who actually understands the region, is the best candidate to make this succeed...
...With respect to energy independence and climate change, he emphasizes the need to transition to alternative fuels. Rudy plans to systematically track the progress of climate change and energy initiatives the way he tracked crime in New York...
...Thursday, government spokesman Laurent Wauquiez confirmed a report in the daily Le Monde that a private consulting firm has been hired to produce quarterly evaluations on how well cabinet members fulfill policy objectives laid out when they assumed office. Reviewing those indicators, Wauquiez explained, will "allow [us] to judge progress made in every area of government activity, [and] evaluate what moves and what doesn't." With those scorecards in hand, French premier François Fillon will meet with his 27 ministers and secretaries of state four times a year to discuss their performance...
...Duhamel says. He says the idea of grading ministers was actually pushed by Fillon, despite Sarkozy's wariness it would create more tension in a cabinet already prone to division. "In the end, they realized the scheme will create pressure, but it also provides a useful for measuring reform progress and competency," says Duhamel. "That's entirely new in French politics...