Iraq Study Group Echoes Bush Plan

From the Washington Times:

President Bush and the Iraq Study Group are not far apart when it comes to a final plan for getting U.S. troops out of Iraq. A senior commander in Iraq said yesterday the group's idea to shift more duties to Iraqis and gradually pull out forces is current Pentagon policy. "It certainly reflects what we're doing now," Army Maj. Gen. Benjamin Mixon, who commands U.S. forces in northern Iraq, told reporters at the Pentagon when asked to comment on the study group. "I can certainly see great opportunity to reduce the amount of combat forces on the ground in Multinational Division North and turn more responsibility over to Iraqi security forces."

Thankfully, the whole study appears to be a collasal waste of time, but what do you expect from politicians?