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Witnesses testified about the current Iraqi budget surplus, Iraqi political governance, and levels of U.S. financial assistance to Iraq. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported t…

A joint subcommittee hearing was held on a proposed agreement between the United States and Iraq, outlined in the “Declaration of Principles” signed by President Bush and the Iraqi prime min…

Representative Joe Sestak spoke about “Iraq and National Security: A Military Transformation.” He argued that a strong military is essential to reclaiming control of core U.S. national secu…

General Keane and Mr. Korb testified about planning for the redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq. Among the issues they addressed were the political and security situation in Iraq, regional…

A panel discussion was moderated by Rand Beers among the authors of three recent reports about possible post-surge U.S. strategies in Iraq. After their presentations the participants respond…

Senator Reed and others spoke to reporters about operations in Iraq and Bush administration policies regarding future deployment in the region. They talked about rising levels of violence, t…

Lawrence Korb talked about future U.S. military involvement in Iraq and a report, “Strategic Redeployment 2.0: An Updated Progressive Strategy for Iraq” which called for reducing U.S. troo…

The panelists discussed solutions to the current problems of U.S. involvement in Iraq that despite recent elections in Iraq include a constitutional crisis, continued terrorism, a Sunni rebe…

Former Assistant Defense Secretary Korb spoke about limits on military interrogations. He discussed the effects of torture on a nation’s reputation and the lack of useful information attaine…

Lawrence Korb, former Assistant Defense Secretary for the Reagan administration, 1981-85, talked about the investigations into U.S. treatment of detainees in Abu Ghraid prison in Iraq. The i…

Panelists talked about the current situation in Iraq, as well as the future of that country. Following prepared remarks, they responded to questions from the audience.