Army Maj. Gen. Swannack Jr., Commander, 82nd Airborne Division offers an upbeat and clear-headed assessment of exigencies in his section of Iraq in a Live Video Tele-conference from Baghdad. It's lengthy but very interesting.
What I'd like to tell you upfront about Al Anbar province is that the government is operating day to day by Iraqis out there; very successfully, the government is being run by Iraqis. Governor Burgess and the departments out there are very successful in the day-to-day operations. They have a budget; they're using the budget as provided by the ministries in conducting the business there.