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February 16th, 2007
Perry, Diamond, Fearon argue against more troops in Iraq
CISAC, CDDRL, FSI Stanford NewsWilliam J. Perry, former secretary of defense and Iraq Study Group member, was joined by Larry Diamond, former Coalition Provisional Authority advisor, and James Fearon, professor of political science at Stanford, for a Jan. 22 panel discussion on "Iraq: The Way Forward." In the discussion, which took place at FSI, Perry, Diamond, and Fearon all argued against sending more troops to Iraq, with Perry noting that the "cumulative effect of all these strategic errors has been a disastrous security situation." 
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December 8th, 2006
Iraq Study Group advises troop pullback, Mideast diplomacy; CISAC's Perry on panel
in the news: New York Times, NPR on December 7, 2006The 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. 
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