From the New York Times.

Some key points:

It is true that commanders should be able, if they deem it necessary, to maximize the number of men and women hunting down Saddam Hussein and foreign terrorists. But that job is not growing in size: the number of engagements in Iraq have declined from roughly 25 a day in July to about 15 a day today — and each lasts for an average of two or three minutes. The problem American commanders in the field face is not too few troops, but too little intelligence to act upon. And that problem is getting better as well. In the months since the deaths of Uday and Qusay Hussein, more Iraqis have been stepping forward with information — leading United States forces to Baathist fugitives and arms caches.

...Already, some 55,000 Iraqis have been trained and are under arms. According to the Pentagon and commanders in the field, the number should be close to 200,000 by the middle of next year. Five forces are being formed: the police, a border guard, a protection service for facilities (security guards), a national army and a civil defense corps. Recruiting goals for these forces are being exceeded.

Rumsfeld makes this latter point in almost every interview. It never ends up in the news stories.

What is not getting across to the American people is that the occupation is actually making progress. The movement is forward, not backward, no matter how bad the press tries to make it look. It's a long way from being a piece of cake, but it's still progress.