Yesterays hearing on the new GAO report was amusing if for no other reason than listening to the DoD's new spokesman Sen. Coleman try to take Walker to task for not including the magical Statistics from August that have only ever been shown to Patreus and his PR goon squad.

How can we take the GAO report seriously if it doesn't even include all the data that DoD won't give them!

Two important highlights though:

1. Walker "there are a number of different official estimates about sectarian violence out there and frankly they do not all agree on what the trends are." Translation the data can say whatever you want depending on which offices stats you use.

2. Walker noted several times the lack of clarity in defining our strategic objectives in Iraq. Not that people are debating them. Not that they should be different or are not aligned with what we do. But that the Administration DOES NOT HAVE a set of strategic objectives.