American military leaders: Progress in Iraq

Washington Post carries this helpful compilation of the military leaders' assessment of their progress against insurgents. It is good to hear their opitimism and some of the specifics they can share. Interestingly enough, one of them mentioned that the progress of July and August in winning the hearts and minds was stymied by a lack of funding in September, leading to an increase of the insurgents' attacks. Does that funding lapse coincide with Congress' slowness in approving Bush's funding request? I don't know.