July 29th, 2008 by Sarah

Last week, the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs invited Steven Kull, Michael J. Matheson, and Danielle Pletka to testify before Congress on options for a possible extension of the U.N. mandate for Iraq. Steven Kull is director of the Program on International Policy Attitudes. Michael J. Matheson is a Visiting Research Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School. Danielle Pletka is Vice President of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute.  Ayad Allawi of the Iraqi Council of Representatives and Former Prime Minister of Iraq was invited to brief the subcommittee on the current status of Iraq political reform.

All of the speakers addressed a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops and the need to recognize Iraqi sovereignty.

For POMED’s full notes, click here. 

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