The Iraq Study Group--on which William Perry, co-director of the Preventive Defense Project at CISAC, served as a member--released its report, advising a withdrawal of U.S. troops and negotiations with Iran, Syria, and other Middle East nations to make the best of a rapidly deteriorating situation in Iraq. Perry advocated a timeline for troop withdrawal and persuaded colleagues on the bipartisan panel to recommend clear goals for pulling out of Iraq, David E. Sanger reported in the New York Times. On NPR's Morning Edition, Perry discussed deliberations of the group, headed by James A. Baker III, former secretary of state, and Lee H. Hamilton, former U.S. representative.