First on the U.S. list of "crucial priorities" for the Iraqi government

when they come back from their two-month recess...

Mr. Cheney acknowledged that the Iraqis had given him no specific time commitments for legislative action on issues the Americans have identified as crucial. They include an oil law that assures a fair distribution of revenue to the different population groups, constitutional reforms that reassure the Sunni minority and a revised de-Baathification law that opens the way to a return to government jobs by thousands of midlevel officials from Saddam Hussein’s era.

three things... first, there's the oil law... then, there's the oil law... and, finally, there's the oil law...

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