Staff / TruthdigDec 7, 2006
Responding to the Iraq Study Group report on Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said talks with Syria were not possible, and that President Bush wasn't interested in speaking to Damascus either: "I can only say that the opinions I heard from the president and from all senior administration staff on the Syrian issue are such that he did not see a feasibility in talks". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 7, 2006
Flipping through the news channels on Wednesday, one would have seen an endless parade of pundits and politicians praising the Iraq Study Group's report One exception was a man who was critical of the war before it was in style, Sen Russ Feingold (D-Wis), who told "Countdown's" Keith Olbermann: "The fact is, this commission was composed apparently entirely of people who did not have the judgment to oppose this Iraq war in the first place" Watch it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Marie Cocco / TruthdigDec 7, 2006
The Iraq Study Group has offered its anticlimactic advice on the war, but how will we address that other quagmire in Cuba, where some 430 anonymous prisoners languish in limbo? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigNov 30, 2006
The Iraq Study Group has apparently reached a consensus and will recommend a gradual pullback of U forces in Iraq, though without a timetable But after meeting with Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Thursday, President Bush was already dismissive of the suggestion: "We're going to stay in Iraq to get the job done as long as the government wants us there". Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 13, 2006
The Iraq Study Group, set to meet with the president on Monday, may offer more in the way of political cover than genuine solutions to the problems facing Iraq. According to Iraq experts familiar with the panel's work, many of its recommendations either have already been attempted or are unlikely to succeed. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 17, 2006
The panel of advisors tasked with investigating solutions to the quagmire in Iraq is set to recommend a major shift in policy. The group, headed by former Secretary of State James Baker, is likely to advocate troop withdrawals, and might even suggest inviting Iran and Syria to assist in Iraq's security. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 13, 2006
The commission headed by Bush family svengali James Baker to assess the Iraq war has ruled out any prospect of making Iraq a stable democracy in the near term, according to a draft report surfaced by the N.Y. Sun. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 12, 2006
Shortly after the November midterm elections, former Secretary of State James Baker, the Bush family fixer anointed to patch up U.S. policy in Iraq, is going to announce what everyone else already knows: It's time to pull out. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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