Washington Post:
“We’re not going to speculate with you today about recommendations,” Baker announced at the session, hosted by the U.S. Institute of Peace.
Can the war in Iraq be won?
“We’re not going to make any assessments today about what we think the status of the situation is in Iraq,” said Hamilton.
Could they at least explain their definitions of success and failure in Iraq?
“We’re not going to get into that today,” Baker replied.
After more such probing, Hamilton became categorical. “We’ve made no judgment of any kind at this point about any aspect of policy with regard to Iraq.”
A few minutes later, one of the organizers called out: “We have time for one or two more questions.”
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