Klobuchar Statement on Iraq Study Group Report Findings

Klobuchar Statement on Iraq Study Group Report Findings

U.S. Senator-elect Amy Klobuchar today released the following statement in response to the Iraq Study Group's findings:

"Today's Iraq Study Group Report is a much-needed, fresh, bipartisan look at the situation in Iraq and the solutions available to us. The Group's findings are similar to the main principles I have laid out during the past year for a change of course in Iraq. I hope this report will now be a catalyst for change. The recent announcement that more Minnesota National Guard members will be heading to Iraq should remind us of how important it is to get this policy right."

For the past year, Senator-elect Klobuchar has repeatedly called for a responsible redeployment of U.S. forces rather than an open-ended commitment of troops; the need for political and diplomatic solutions; the importance of having Iraqis take responsibility for their own country; and the role of sectarian violence as the main challenge to stability in Iraq. This report contains similar recommendations.

The bipartisan Iraq Study Group, led by former Secretary of State James A. Baker III and former Congressman Lee H. Hamilton, was tasked with independently assessing the situation in Iraq and its affects on surrounding areas and on U.S. interests. The Group released its report today.

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