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Iraq Study Group Staff Available to Discuss Report

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Ian Larsen
202-429-3870
cell: 703-929-2099
ilarsen@usip.org		 Lauren Sucher
202-429-3822
cell: 202-657-7326
lsucher@usip.org






FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 14, 2006

(Washington, Dec. 14) – Senior staff from the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) who also served in lead support roles for the Iraq Study Group are now available to discuss their experiences with the media.

At the urging of Congress, USIP acted as primary facilitator to the Iraq Study Group, providing the group with scholarly and logistical support during the entire nine months leading up to the ISG report release.

USIP officials organized the Iraq Study Group’s nine plenary meetings, more than 100 expert interviews and the group’s trip to Iraq.

USIP also provided a key substantive role by convening and chairing the ISG’s four Expert Working Groups, which met with and provided dozens of briefing papers to the Iraq Study Group during their deliberations.

The four USIP officers who led Expert Working Groups are available to discuss the Iraq Study Group’s formation, process and findings. They are:

  • Daniel Serwer, Vice President for Peace and Stability Operations (Expert Working Group – Political Development);
  • Paul Hughes, Senior Program Officer, Peace and Stability Operations (Expert Working Group – Military and Security);
  • Gary Matthews, Director of Task Force on the United Nations and Special Projects (Expert Working Group – Economy and Reconstruction); and
  • Paul Stares, Vice President, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention (Expert Working Group – Strategic Environment).

More information on the Iraq Study Group:

 

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ISG Quick Stats

  • Ten public servants—5 Democrats, 5 Republicans—made up the ISG.
  • The ISG's budget was $1 million, approved by Congress
  • Three organizations joined USIP in facilitating the ISG.
  • 44 people served in four Expert Working Groups to advise the ISG.
  • The Iraq Study Group spent 4 days in Iraq in August/September.
  • There were 9 plenary meetings of the ISG.
  • The Iraq Study Group met with 136 people in and out of government before September 19, and 170 people total as it prepared its report.
  • Members of the Iraq Study Group were not paid in any way for their work.

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