Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Keith Ellison today called on the Bush Administration to give the American people the valid assessment of the occupation of Iraq they deserve. “The stated mission of the so-called surge was to buy needed time and space for the Iraqi government to more toward reconciliation. This has not occurred and reconciliation seems further away than ever. In fact, according to the General Accounting Office, eleven of the eighteen legislative, security and economic benchmarks set down that would define the success of the surge’s mission have not been met. Key legislation has not been passed; violence remains...