Ethnic violence in the aftermath of the U.S. invasion of Iraq forced more than 5 million Iraqis to flee their homes, either to neighboring countries like Syria and Jordan, or to safer areas within Iraq. As a candidate, Barack Obama said he would "form an international working group to address" the problem.
We looked and looked, but found no evidence of a working group anywhere in the public record. So we checked with the experts.
"We are not aware of an international working group on Iraq, though the U.S. continues to push its European allies and Iraq"s regional allies to step up their funding" for refugees, Vanessa Parra, a spokeswoman for Refugees International, wrote in an e-mail.
With no discernible progress, we rate this promise as Stalled.
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E-mail interview with Vannesa Parra, spokeswoman for Refugees International
Extensive searches of Google and LexisNexis