Improved Security Helps Iraq’s Political Progress, U.S. Ambassador Says

By Gerry J. Gilmore | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 2, 2007 – The ongoing surge of U.S. and Iraqi security forces into Baghdad and parts of western Iraq is designed to tamp down insurgent violence and provide enough time for the fledgling government to sort out pressing political issues, the senior U.S. diplomat in Iraq said yesterday.