The Iraq withdrawal benchmarks are a series of benchmarks the U.S. Government under the Bush administration have asked the Iraqi government to meet before the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq could commence.
The benchmarks include:
- Reaching out to the Sunnis by reopening talks on the Iraqi Constitution.
- Passing a new oil law.
- Reversing the purge of former Baathists from Iraqi politics and government employment
- Dismantling sectarian Shi'ite militias.
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