The report has been received with responses as ...

The report has been received with responses as mixed as the situation on the
ground in Iraq.

This is from the usually conservative San Diego Union (San Diego is the home
port of the US Navy's Sixth Fleet):

The report was designed as an interim assessment of the shift in policy
that Bush announced last winter, in the wake of Republican defections in an
election in which the war played a significant role.

A second report is due in September from Gen. David Petraeus, the
commander of U.S. forces in Iraq.

The new assessment landed as both houses of Congress debated legislation
to order the withdrawal of U.S. troops by next spring. The House appeared on
track to approve its version of the bill later in the day, but opponents in
the Senate appear to have the strength to prevent a final vote next week in
the Senate.

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