James A. Baker III, the co-chairman of the Iraq Study Group, has ended weeks of resistance and today will testify before Congress on the war, avoiding a split with his fellow co-chairman, former Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-Ind.).
Sources familiar with the efforts to persuade Baker to testify said he did not want to appear to be lobbying against President Bush at the height of his push for 21,500 additional troops in Iraq.
This testimony will not be that interesting because we no what Baker is going to say it will be based on the Iraq Study Group report. The Senate committee is just waisting their time, Baker and his commission are against the surge in troops.
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