In Iraq, the U.S. military has privately admitted the so-called surge is failing to meet its targets. The New York Times has obtained an internal assessment that shows only one-third of the neighborhoods in Baghdad are now under the control of U.S. or Iraqi forces. Meanwhile, U.S. troops are continuing to search for two missing U.S. soldiers in Iraq. On Monday, a group known as the Islamic State of Iraq claimed the soldiers had been killed. The group released a video that included images of the soldiers’ military identification tags, but no proof that the soldiers were dead.