EagleEye Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 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 !! 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfish Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 Good info Thanks for the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unitedrich Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 Thanks Eagleeye! Lets hope there is some movement on the formation in the next couple of days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woookiee Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 Thanks for the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjmac Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 Thanks EagleEye!!! That is a great find!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butifldrm Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 Thanks EagleEye Hopefully the best news yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big game hunter Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 (edited) Thanks for the post Edited August 22, 2010 by big game hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barboza Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 Thanks for the post, EagleEye! We appreciate great news in the midst of so much confusion concerning Iraq. Have a wonderful day, Sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc31 Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 Thanks for the post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamm Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbydee Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 Thanks for the post......I'm all for them moving forward!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cris Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 thanks eagle eye....thats more good news!!...oh...and you gotta love a gal named candy...lol...go RV already!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
profitmizer Posted August 23, 2010 Report Share Posted August 23, 2010 Thanks Eagle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
profitmizer Posted August 23, 2010 Report Share Posted August 23, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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