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	<title>Comments on: When Will Iraq Army Stand Up?</title>
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		<title>By: DJ Elliott</title>
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		<dc:creator>DJ Elliott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2007 06:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is not a policy change.  This is a budget issue.

MNSTC-I ran out of money on 1 Apr for the training an Equipping of IA units.  Funding for 33,000 more IA support troops is hung up in the FY07sup that Congress is playing games with.  While the US military budget can be juggled for US forces, funding of foreing military is legally seperated and they cannot transfer funds from US Mil to IA.  Four different Generals have mentioned this detail in last 3 weeks.  Funding for standing up IA is on hold until FY07sup gets resolved.  First mention of this is in this brief:

Apr05:  &quot;At the current moment, because of this lack of funding, MNSTC-I is unable to continue at the pace they were in the developmental process of the Iraqi security forces,&quot; Caldwell said. &quot;It is starting to have some impact today, and will only have more of an impact over time.&quot;  http://www.defendamerica.mil/pdf/200704/20070404CALDWELL.pdf</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is not a policy change.  This is a budget issue.</p>
<p>MNSTC-I ran out of money on 1 Apr for the training an Equipping of IA units.  Funding for 33,000 more IA support troops is hung up in the FY07sup that Congress is playing games with.  While the US military budget can be juggled for US forces, funding of foreing military is legally seperated and they cannot transfer funds from US Mil to IA.  Four different Generals have mentioned this detail in last 3 weeks.  Funding for standing up IA is on hold until FY07sup gets resolved.  First mention of this is in this brief:</p>
<p>Apr05:  &#8220;At the current moment, because of this lack of funding, MNSTC-I is unable to continue at the pace they were in the developmental process of the Iraqi security forces,&#8221; Caldwell said. &#8220;It is starting to have some impact today, and will only have more of an impact over time.&#8221;  <a href="http://www.defendamerica.mil/pdf/200704/20070404CALDWELL.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.defendamerica.mil/pdf/200704/20070404CALDWELL.pdf</a></p>
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