Progress toward GOI

[EagleEye]

This morning I caught a brief segment of Candy Crowley doing an interview with Gen Ray Odierno about the formation of GOI in Iraq. Although I did not hear the entire interview, I did hear the following from Gen Odierno in response to Candy's questions:

a) There is progress/movement toward forming the new GOI

They have NOT called off meeting, they ARE meeting NOW

c) They are moving toward a power-sharing (arrangement) in forming the GOI

Here are the links if someone has time to listen to the entire interview. Wanted to get this posted ASAP as it seemed very positive to me IMO.

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/state.of.the.union/

http://www.usf-iraq.com/inside-the-force/force-leaders/usf-i-commanding-general

GO RV !!

[kingfish]

Good info

Thanks for the post.

[Unitedrich]

Thanks Eagleeye!

Lets hope there is some movement on the formation in the next couple of days.

[woookiee]

Thanks for the post.

[cjmac]

Thanks EagleEye!!! That is a great find!!

[Butifldrm]

Thanks EagleEye Hopefully the best news yet.

[big game hunter]

Thanks for the post

Edited August 22, 2010 by big game hunter

[Barboza]

Thanks for the post, EagleEye!

We appreciate great news in the midst of so much confusion concerning Iraq.

Have a wonderful day, Sir!

[Doc31]

Thanks for the post

[kamm]

Thanks eagle eye for the post. This is what we have been waiting on for so long. I dont know about the sharing thing but I will take any news toward progress if it comes true. We can all hope and wait. Steve

[Bobbydee]

Thanks EagleEye I got a call from a buddy about it and watched it. It sounded very promising. The Ambassador mentions the difficulties in forming the govt. but also states they are moving along. Very interesting news interview. God Bless Semper Fi

[Pat]

Thanks for the post......I'm all for them moving forward!!!!!!!!!!

[cris]

thanks eagle eye....thats more good news!!...oh...and you gotta love a gal named candy...lol...go RV already!!!

[profitmizer]

Thanks Eagle...

[profitmizer]

Here is the paragraph in transcript:

CROWLEY: It has been five months since the Iraqi elections. They still haven't formed a coalition government. You have expressed hope that by September 1 they would be well on their way. Are they well on their way? ODIERNO: Well, first off, they're back talking again. They haven't broken off talks, so they're back discussing it. So that's a good sign. What -- what they're working on now is reforms and power- sharing agreements. And that's -- that's important. We want them to decide what reforms have to be put in place, what kind of power- sharing agreements they need in order to move towards governmental formation. And I all we're trying to do is facilitate that process. And we're starting to see movement forward. And I think that's encouraging.

See entire transcript here:

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1008/22/sotu.01.html