Forging a New Iraq Strategy in 2007

Nov. 15, 2006— -- With the shift in power on Capitol Hill, a top priority of the new Congress in 2007 will be to work with the Bush administration to forge a consensus on a new Iraq strategy that stabilizes Iraq and the Middle East.

The leadership of the 110th Congress has signaled it will press for serious changes in U.S. policy, and the Bush administration is conducting its own internal review on Iraq policy.

Key ingredients for making a change to a more successful Iraq strategy already exist, and many of these may emerge in recommendations from the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group.