WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2006 -- Iraq’s governmental leaders are rising to confront “an array of complicated issues” amid a spike in insurgent violence, a senior U.S. military officer said today. “The U.S. and coalition leadership commends this perseverance, while the Multinational Force Iraq continues to assess and revise our strategy and tactics to support this government” in an ever-changing, dynamic environment, Army Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, a spokesman for Multinational Force Iraq, told reporters at a Baghdad news conference. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki recently announced the formation of a special committee to address the country’s illegal militia issue,...