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A highly-publicized blue-ribbon group formed in 2006 to assess what is happening in Iraq and determine possible exit strategies. Operated under the aegis of the US Institute of Peace, though with the consent of the US Congress and White House. A report was released after the 2006 election, its recommendations largely ignored.

Also called the Baker-Hamilton Commission.

Co-Chairmen: James Baker and Lee H. Hamilton.

Official Website:
http://www.usip.org/isg/

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James Baker	Government	28-Apr-1930		US Secretary of State, 1989-92
James F. Dobbins	Diplomat	31-May-1942		US Ambassador to the EU, 1991-93
Charles W. Freeman, Jr.	Diplomat	1943		US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1989-92
Robert M. Gates	Government	25-Sep-1943		US Secretary of Defense, 2006-11
Lee H. Hamilton	Politician	20-Apr-1931		9/11 Commission vice chairman
Vernon Jordan	Business	15-Aug-1935		Advisor to Bill Clinton
Ed Meese	Government	2-Dec-1931		US Attorney General, 1985-88
Sandra Day O'Connor	Judge	26-Mar-1930		US Supreme Court Justice, 1981-2006
Leon Panetta	Government	28-Jun-1938		US Secretary of Defense, 2011-13
William J. Perry	Government	11-Oct-1927		US Secretary of Defense, 1994-97
Chuck Robb	Politician	26-Jun-1939		US Senator from Virginia, 1989-2001
Alan Simpson	Politician	2-Sep-1931		US Senator from Wyoming, 1979-97

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