{"id":2570,"date":"2007-07-12T09:57:20","date_gmt":"2007-07-12T15:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=2570"},"modified":"2017-05-21T02:40:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T08:40:48","slug":"white-house-isnt-backing-iraq-study-group-follow-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/white-house-isnt-backing-iraq-study-group-follow-up\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Isn&#8217;t Backing Iraq Study Group Follow-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20060820171436\/http:\/\/projects.washingtonpost.com:80\/staff\/email\/robin+wright\/\"><font color=\"#0c4790\">Robin Wright<\/font><\/a>, Washington Post<\/p>\n<p>Despite an overwhelming House vote last month to revive the <font color=\"#0c4790\">Iraq Study Group<\/font>, the <font color=\"#0c4790\">White House<\/font> has blocked reconvening the bipartisan panel to provide a second independent assessment of the military and political situation in <font color=\"#0c4790\">Iraq<\/font>, said several sources involved in the panel&#8217;s December 2006 report.<\/p>\n<p>Co-Chairman Lee H. Hamilton, several panel members and the <font color=\"#0c4790\">U.S. Institute of Peace<\/font>, which ran the study group, were willing to participate, according to <font color=\"#0c4790\">Hamilton<\/font> and the congressionally funded think tank. But the White House did not give the green light for co-chairman and former secretary of state <font color=\"#0c4790\">James A. Baker III<\/font> to participate, and Baker is unwilling to lead a second review without <font color=\"#0c4790\">President Bush<\/font>&#8216;s approval, according to members of the original panel and sources close to Baker.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/07\/11\/AR2007071102024.html?nav=rss_politics\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robin Wright, Washington Post Despite an overwhelming House vote last month to revive the Iraq Study Group, the White House has blocked reconvening the bipartisan panel to provide a second independent assessment of the military and political situation in Iraq, said several sources involved in the panel&#8217;s December 2006 report. Co-Chairman Lee H. 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