The final version of the document released on October 29 "expressed support for national reconciliation and an early transition to democracy in Myanmar".
But the final version of the document, in making that case, describes new evidence of concerted Iraqi efforts to bypass the sanctions while they were still in place and to undermine international support for them, the administration officials said.
After long and often difficult negotiations, a final version of the document was approved by Mr. Rumsfeld, the armed service chiefs and the regional war-fighting commanders about two weeks ago.
Modern scholarship, however, regards the chronicle as a composite work, written and revised in several stages, and inclines to the view that the basic (though not final) version of the document was compiled by Nestor about 1113.
When Christensen queried the four-year timeframe at the meeting he was told it was needed because the final version of the document might be different from the current version, and that it was similar to the undertakings required of members of the US Congress who wanted to view the text.
The 25 members of the Iraqi Governing Council, which took up a draft of the constitution on Saturday, have until Feb. 28 to approve a final version of the document, which is supposed to remain in force until a permanent constitution is ratified by Iraqi voters in October 2005.
The computer name or name of the person who was working on the file is appended to the name as well, making it somewhat easier to identify the collaborator and ensure that everyone's changes are incorporated into one final version of the document.
