Panel Backs Overhaul of Iraq Policy - New York Times

Panel Backs Overhaul of Iraq Policy - New York Times: "Panel Backs Overhaul of Iraq Policy
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The co-chairmen of the Iraq Study Group speaking today. Lee Hamilton, left, and James A. Baker.

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By JOHN O’NEIL and BRIAN KNOWLTON
Published: December 6, 2006

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 — Saying that “the situation in Iraq is grave and deteriorating,” a bipartisan commission today urged stepped-up diplomatic and political efforts to stabilize that country, coupled with a shift in the mission of the American military to allow the United States to “begin to move its combat forces out of Iraq responsibly.”"