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U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., is calling on President Obama to establish a study group to evaluate the war in Afghanistan and clarify the U.S.’s goals in the conflict....Wolf was behind legislation in 2005 that led to the creation of the Iraq Study Group, a bipartisan group of officials charged with reviewing U.S. efforts in the country."

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Iraq Study Group Fails ----------------------- Posted: December 8, 20061:00 a.m. EasternThe Iraq Study Group report was a noble undertaking by well-meaning bureaucrats and former politicians. But the report was a failure – a complete failure. While their intentions may have been good, the group failed to construct a vision for a new way forward in Iraq that is significantly different from what the United States military and her allies are already doing there. What they did manage to do was highlight the current problems in Iraq, and in doing so provide fodder for the news media to repeat the...

(2006-12-08) — Rather than accept all of the Iraq Study Group’s recommendations as a package, White House sources said today that President George Bush leans toward a hybrid version of the panel’s major suggestions, which include pulling back all combat brigades over the next 15 months, and starting direct talks with Iran and Syria. Under the Bush hybrid plan, most combat brigades in Iraq would pull back to the neighboring countries on the east and west to conduct “high-level, targeted diplomacy with Iran and Syria on a variety of fronts of mutual concern.” “After 9/11,” the source said, “the president...

(CNSNews.com) - A conservative group said Wednesday the bipartisan Iraq Study Group had compiled its report on policy options for Iraq after spending a "limited time" in that country. "The principals of the group never once stepped foot in the one region in Iraq where things are actually going well - in the northern region of Iraqi Kurdistan," said Move America Forward chairwoman Melanie Morgan. "It is slipshod work to search for a path to success when you ignore those who have already found a formula for such success." Morgan also said the ISG's suggestion that Iran and Syria...

NEWS RELEASE CONTACT:  Robert Dixon - Phone: (916) 441-6197 or Email: robert@moveamericaforward.org December 6 2006 IRAQ STUDY GROUPA COMPLETE FAILURE Report Makes Few Constructive Proposals Advocates Cooperation with Sponsors of Terrorism: Iran & Syria The Chairman of the nation’s largest grassroots pro-troop organization, Move America Forward, has issued the following statement after reviewing the Iraq Study Group’s report.  A complete analysis will soon be posted on the organization’s website (www.MoveAmericaForward.org). ________________________________________ STATEMENT BY MELANIE MORGAN, CHAIR, MOVE AMERICA FORWARD: “The Iraq Study Group has failed.  With great hubris and pomposity, the Iraq Study Group released a report they wrote...