Iraq Study Group question - who appointed them?

[NewJeffCT]

Was it Bush that appointed them, Congress, or some other body/group?

I'm trying to put together a letter on this, and it would make a difference if I could say that the ISG was appointed by Bush.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

1. Congress selected Baker and Hamilton.

Baker and Hamilton selected the rest of the participants.

The group was organized/facilitated by USIP:

http://www.usip.org

Bush did not appoint them. That should be obvious from the lack of neoconservative ideologues in the group's makeup.

[whistle]

2. Bush and his staff did, also set the guidelines and how the study was to

....proceed, but since ISG did not issue what BushCo wanted to hear, their report is being rejected. Time to impeach both Bush and Cheney.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

5. Bush did not select them...

...unless I'm missing something really obvious. Do you have a cite for this?

[SheepyMcSheepster]

3. Congress

The Iraq Study Group (ISG), also known as the Baker-Hamilton Commission,<1> or simply the Baker Commission,<2> was a ten-person bipartisan panel appointed on March 15, 2006, by the United States Congress, that was charged with assessing the situation in Iraq and the US-led Iraq War and making policy recommendations. It was first proposed by Virginia Republican Representative Frank Wolf.<3>

The Iraq Study Group was facilitated by the United States Institute of Peace, who released the Iraq Study Group's final report on their Website on December 6, 2006.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_Study_Group

I was wondering the same thing myself.

[H2O Man]

6. Baker & Hamilton rejected

every person the USIP suggested for the ISG. They came up with the members themselves. (Can Bush Find an Exit?; Michael Duffy; TIME/12-11-06; page 47.)

[babylonsister]

4. US Institute of Peace, per the wh:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/04/20060407-4.html

Statement on the Formation of the Iraq Study Group (ISG)

We welcome the formation of the Iraq Study Group, under the auspices of the U.S. Institute of Peace. This study is being undertaken by a respected group of Americans and we welcome their effort. This study will provide an independent look at the way forward in Iraq, a critical issue for U.S. national security, by people outside the government. The Administration will provide appropriate cooperation to the effort including, on a case-by-case basis, facilitating travel, access to people, and access to documents. We look forward to receiving the group's insights and advice.

[The Count]

7. Sounds like phony capitulation - like with Fitzgerald, 911 commission

From this is clear they didn't initiate it.
So, let me get this clear: ISG took 9 month to conclude that the war ain't doing so great and it's time to get out by...2008? They are even more idiotic than I first thought.

[Arkansas Granny]

8. I see some of Bush's favorite words and phrases here that he uses

when he wants to sound positive and seem cooperative: "We welcome" and "we look forward". Whenever he uses these phrases you can just bet that he does neither. He's just trying to sound nice.