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The 142-page report—"The Iraq Study Group Report. The Way Forward, A New Approach"—was authored by co-chairs James A. Baker, III, and Lee H. Hamilton. The report is to be "available for downloading from the Web site of the United States Institute of Peace, which has been coordinating the 10-member commission’s activities over the last eight months. The institute’s Web site is www.usip.org." [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/03/world/middleeast/03cnd-study.html]
==Quick Media Takes upon Report's Release==
*The Iraq Study Group recommends that Bush "threaten to reduce economic and military support for Iraq's Government if it fails to meet benchmarks intended to improve security in the country. ... Among other things, ... the report urged Mr Bush to aggressively tackle the Israeli-Palestinian dispute to reduce broader regional tensions fuelling the Iraq conflict."—Peter Baker and Dafna Linzer, ''Washington Post'', December 6, 2006. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/iraq-group-tells-bush-to-change-the-course/2006/12/06/1165081020359.html]
*"Some of the recommendations conflict with President George W. Bush's past stances on dealing with Iraq, including bringing Iraq's neighbors into talks about ways quell the sectarian violence that has claimed thousands of Iraqi lives."—Brendan Murray, Bloomberg, December 6, 2006. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=at1KEG8q7LbQ&refer=home]
*"U.S. troops should begin withdrawing from combat and Washington should launch a diplomatic and political push to halt a 'grave and deteriorating' crisis in Iraq."—Arshad Mohammed and Steve Holland, Reuters, December 6, 2006. [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-12-06T151041Z_01_L05545989_RTRUKOC_0_UK-IRAQ-1.xml]
*The report "warns of the 'consequences of continued decline', spokesman [[Tony Snow]] said. ... It stops short of a firm timetable for a US troop pullout and urges talks with Iran and Syria on their neighbour."—BBC, December 6, 2006. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6214078.stm]
*"'There is no magic formula.'" The report recommends "new and enhanced diplomacy ... so the United States can 'begin to move its combat forces' out of the country responsibly."—Anne Plummer Flaherty, Associated Press/ABC News, December 6, 2006. [http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2704067]
==Anticipated Study Group Recommendations==
