Diluting Petraeus and Crocker before Congress

That's what the administration is up to if we are to believe this article from David Sanger in NYTimes.

In part because:

The assessments are likely to conclude that the Iraqi government has failed to use the troop increase for the purpose the president intended, to strike the political accommodations that he said would stabilize the country.

So they are seeking other responses to "dilute" the Petraeus-Crocker reports.