NY Times uncritically quoted Coleman's criticism of GAO Iraq report for not including August data

SUMMARY: The New York Times reported Sen. Norm Coleman criticizing the Government Accountability Office's newly released progress report on Iraqi benchmarks for not including data regarding sectarian violence in Iraq from August. However, the Times failed to note GAO's David Walker's response to Coleman indicating that the GAO "asked [the military] for, but did not receive, the information through the end of August" and that even though military officials "were unable to give us the data through August ...we obtained their views for where the situation was through as of August 30th."

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