Study group set to start final report

Tue., Nov. 28, 2006

Los Angeles Times The Spokesman-Review

WASHINGTON – As President Bush headed to an overseas summit on the Middle East, a federal commission searching for a bipartisan approach to the Iraq war met Monday in Washington to begin working on its final report.

The 10-member Iraq Study Group, headed by former Secretary of State James A. Baker III and former Rep. Lee Hamilton, D-Ind., adjourned Monday evening without announcing any agreements or issuing any public comment after meeting through the day in closed session.

The group, which hopes to issue its report before the Christmas holidays, is expected to meet again today and could deliberate into Wednesday, officials said.

Iraq Study Group members have hoped to reach a bipartisan consensus, because such an agreement presumably would carry more weight with policymakers and the public.

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