Iraq Study Group

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Iraq Study Group

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A highly-publicized blue-ribbon group formed in 2006 to assess what is happening in Iraq and determine possible exit strategies. Operated under the aegis of the US Institute of Peace, though with the consent of the US Congress and White House. A report was released after the 2006 election, its recommendations largely ignored.

Also called the Baker-Hamilton Commission.

Co-Chairmen: James Baker and Lee H. Hamilton.

Official Website:
http://www.usip.org/isg/

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

James Baker Government 28-Apr-1930 US Secretary of State, 1989-92

James F. Dobbins Diplomat 31-May-1942 US Ambassador to the EU, 1991-93

Charles W. Freeman, Jr. Diplomat 1943 US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1989-92

Robert M. Gates Government 25-Sep-1943 US Secretary of Defense, 2006-11

Lee H. Hamilton Politician 20-Apr-1931 9/11 Commission vice chairman

Vernon Jordan Business 15-Aug-1935 Advisor to Bill Clinton

Ed Meese Government 2-Dec-1931 US Attorney General, 1985-88

Sandra Day O'Connor Judge 26-Mar-1930 US Supreme Court Justice, 1981-2006

Leon Panetta Government 28-Jun-1938 US Secretary of Defense, 2011-13

William J. Perry Government 11-Oct-1927 US Secretary of Defense, 1994-97

Chuck Robb Politician 26-Jun-1939 US Senator from Virginia, 1989-2001

Alan Simpson Politician 2-Sep-1931 US Senator from Wyoming, 1979-97

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