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===U.S. Should Privatize Iraqi Oil Industry===
The United States should "assist in privatizing Iraq's national [[oil industry]], opening Iraq to private foreign oil and energy companies, providing direct technical assistance for the 'drafting' of a new national oil law for Iraq, and assuring that all of Iraq's oil revenues accrue to the central government," Antonia Juhasz [http://www.alternet.org/story/45190 reported] December 7, 2006, in ''AlterNet''.
===Civilians Could Be Ordered to Serve in Iraq===
The Bush administration "must make sure that it has sufficient civilian personnel in Iraq -- if necessary, by ordering some employees to serve there," Tom Shoop [http://govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=35621&dcn=todaysnews reported] December 6, 2006, for ''GovExec.com''.
"'The nature of the mission in Iraq is unfamiliar and dangerous, and the United States has had great difficulty filling civilian assignments in Iraq with sufficient numbers of properly trained personnel at the appropriate rank,' wrote members of the Iraq Study Group, ... For example, panel members said, the United States still has 'far too few Arab language-proficient' officials in the country.
"To address the problem, the group recommended that the secretaries of State and Defense and the Director of National Intelligence put the 'highest possible priority' on language and cultural training for military personnel and civilian employees about to be assigned to Iraq. And, the report said, if not enough of the latter group volunteer to go to the country, 'civilian agencies must fill those positions with directed assignments'," Shoop wrote.
==Quick Media Takes upon Report's Release==