The Raw Story | NYT: Can James Baker be Bush's 'silver bullet' in Iraq?: Published: Sunday April 23, 2006
"Last month's 'quiet designation' of ex-Secretary of State James Baker to lead a congressionally mandated bi-partisan, fact-finding mission in Iraq may signify a new 'willingness' by the Bush Administration 'to admit that it needs help in weighing its options and generating public support,' according to an article set for Monday's New York Times.
According to the Times, 'People close to the Iraq Study Group say that it is unlikely to recommend a quick withdrawal from Iraq but that it could recommend efforts to involve the United Nations or troops from neighboring Muslim countries in securing the area.'
Although the Times article notes that Baker hasn't had a 'close relationship' with President Bush, as he did with Bush Sr. whose Administration he served in, '[p]eople close to Baker say that he was extremely concerned about being seen as second-guessing President George W. Bush's foreign policy aides and made certain of getting approval from the president in person before he took on the job.'"
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