If you look at some of the things we suggested in the Iraq study group report, they're doing those things.

WSJ: James Baker on Obama's First 100 Days

For his part, US President Barack Obama is receiving guidance on contending with Iran from former Congressman Lee Hamilton, who co-authored the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group report published in December 2006.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Soldiers of peace

It will be his response not just to last month's Iraq Study Group report, which advocated the withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq by early next year, but also to the evident truth that the current plan is not working.

ECONOMIST: America's new Congress

Reaction now to the Iraq Study Group's report from Iraq's ambassador to the United States, Samir Sumaidaie.

NPR: Iraqi Envoy Reflects on Study Group's Report

Details of the Iraq Study Group's upcoming report are beginning to show up in the media.

NPR: Report: Iraq Study Group Supports Withdrawal

He acknowledged the need for a new course in Iraq, and said the report of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group (chaired by Republican James Baker and Democrat Lee Hamilton) had been helpful.

NPR: Humbled, Bush, Blair Say Iraq Goals Still Relevant

Asked about the recommendations of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, Rumsfeld said he had not read the entire report and he said success in Iraq would take time.

NPR: Rumsfeld Begins Exit from Pentagon Post

Alan Simpson and William Perry were members of the Iraq Study Group and helped write the panel's report.

NPR: Compromise Required With the Iraq Study Group

Mr Gates's membership of the much-heralded Iraq Study Group means that he will have a vested interest in getting the report accepted and acted on.

ECONOMIST: Defence

No big changes are likely to be announced before the mid-term elections, but the president has said he will listen to the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, a bipartisan commission appointed by Congress to study alternatives to current policy, which will issue a report, probably later this year.

ECONOMIST: Strategy in Iraq