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Iraq Study Group (U.S.)
A bipartisan U.S. panel formed in 2006, this group became one of the best-known efforts to rethink American policy in Iraq during the war. Co-chaired by James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton, it issued a widely discussed report calling for a new diplomatic and strategic approach.
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The Iraq Study Group Report
by Iraq Study Group (U.S.)
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Created by the U.S. Congress on March 15, 2006, the Iraq Study Group was tasked with reassessing the war in Iraq and recommending a path forward. The ten-member panel brought together senior figures from both major political parties, which helped give its work unusual visibility and weight.
The group was co-chaired by former Secretary of State James A. Baker III and former Representative Lee H. Hamilton, so it was often called the Baker-Hamilton Commission. Its report, released on December 6, 2006, described conditions in Iraq as serious and urged a change in strategy, including stronger regional diplomacy and a gradual shift in the U.S. military role.
Though it was not an author in the usual sense, the Iraq Study Group is closely associated with The Iraq Study Group Report: The Way Forward – A New Approach. The report became an important document in public debate over the Iraq War and remains a useful snapshot of how American leaders were rethinking the conflict in late 2006.