Delegation Returns from Iraq

June 2010 - With the support of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and others at the U.S. Department of Defense, a small delegation of Pacific Council members traveled to Iraq to observe the process of political and military transition at a particularly pivotal time in Iraq’s history. Delegates met with top-level U.S. and Iraqi officials, including General Raymond T. Odierno, Commanding General of U.S. Forces -
Iraq, and Christopher R, Hill, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, to gain insight into the transition process and to provide an assessment of its handling. Read a summary>>