Iraq Study Group: Officials Interviewed
A list of the officials who have been interviewed by the Iraq Study Group was released jointly by the United States Institute of Peace, Center for Strategic and International Studies, James Baker III Institute for Public Policy, and the Center for the Study of the Presidency.
Interviewees
Iraqi Officials
- Jalal Talabani, President
- Nouri Kamal Al-Maliki, Prime Minister
- Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani, Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament
- Tareq al-Hashemi, Vice President
- Adil Abd al-Mahdi, Vice President
- Salaam al-Zawbai, Deputy Prime Minister
- Barham Salih, Deputy Prime Minister
- Jawad Kadem al-Bolani, Minister of Interior
- Abdul Qadir, Minister of Defense
- Hoshyar Zebari, Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Bayan Jabr, Minister of Finance
- Mowaffak al-Rubaie, National Security Advisor
- Karim Waheed, Minister of Electricity
- Hussein al-Shahristani, Minster of Oil
- Abd Al-Aziz al-Hakim (Abdul Aziz al-Hakim), Shia Coalition Leader
- Akram al-Hakim, Minister of State for National Reconciliation Affairs
- Muhammad Ahmed Mahmoud, Member, Commission on National Reconciliation
- Ali Khalifa al-Duleimi, Member, High Commission on National Reconciliation
- Mithal al-Alusi, Member, High Commission on National Reconciliation
- Sami al-Ma'ajoon, Member, High Commission on National Reconciliation
- Wijdan Mikhael, Member, High Commission on National Reconciliation
- Ayad Jamal al-Din, Member, High Commission on National Reconciliation
- Adnan al-Dulaimi, Head of the Tawafuq list
- Saleh al-Mutlaq, Leader of the Iraqi Front for National Dialogue
- Ayyad al-Sammara'l, Member of the Iraqi Parliament
- Hajim al-Hassani, Member of the Iraqi Parliament on the Iraqiya list
- Hamid Majid Musa, Communist Party
- Yonadim Kenna, Member of the Iraqi parliament and Secretary General of Assyrian movement
- Sheik Maher al-Hamraa, office manager Ayat Allah Said Sussein Al Sadar
- Sheik Najeh al-Fetlawi, representative of Muqtada al-Sadr
- Dr. Abid Al-Gufhoor Abid al-Razaq al-Kaisi, Dean of the Islamic University of the Imam Al-Atham
- Dr. Hunain Mahmood Ahmed Al-Kaddo, President, Iraqi Minorities Council
- Shahla Wali Mohammed, Counterpart International
- Ali Neema Mohammed Aifan Al-Mahawili
- Raid Khyutab Muhemeed, Humanitarian, Cultural and Social Foundation
- Samir Shakir M. Sumaida'ie, Ambassador of Iraq to the United States
- Nasir Abadi, Lieutenant General, Deputy Chief of Staff, Iraqi Joint Forces
- Sinan Shabibi, Governor, Central Bank of Iraq
- Ali Allawi, Former Minister of Finance
Current U.S. Administration Officials
Senior Administration Officials
- George W. Bush, President of the United States
- Dick Cheney, Vice President of the United States
- Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
- Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
- Stephen J. Hadley, National Security Advisor
U.S. Department of Defense / Military
- Gordon R. England, Deputy Secretary of Defense
- Stephen A. Cambone, Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence
- Eric S. Edelman, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy
- General Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Admiral Edmund Giambastiani, Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- General John P. Abizaid, Commander, U.S. Central Command
- General George W. Casey, Jr., Commanding General, Multi-National Force-Iraq
- Lt General David Petraeus, Commanding General U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
- Lt General James T. Conway, Director of Operations, J-3, on the Joint Staff
- Lt General Peter Chiarelli, Commander, Multi-National Force-Iraq
- Lt General Martin Dempsey, Commander Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq
- Maj. General Joseph Peterson, Coalition Police Assistance Training Team
- Maj. General Richard Zilmer, Commander, 1st Expeditionary Force
- Colonel Derek Harvey, Senior Intelligence Officer for Iraq, Defense Intelligence Agency
- Lt Colonel Richard Bowyer, National War College (recently served in Iraq)
- Lt Colonel Justin Gubler, National War College (recently served in Iraq)
- Lt Colonel David Haight, National War College (recently served in Iraq)
- Lt Colonel Russell Smith, National War College (recently served in Iraq)
U.S. Department of State / Civilian Embassy Personnel
- Nicholas Burns, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs
- Philip Zelikow, Counselor to the Department of State
- David M. Satterfield, Senior Advisor to Secretary Rice and Coordinator for Iraq Policy
- Ambassador Jim Jeffrey, Senior Advisor to Secretary Rice and Coordinator for Iraq Policy
- Dan Speckhard, Charge D'Affaires, U.S. Embassy in Iraq
- Hilda Arellano, USAID Director in Iraq
- Randall Bennett, Regional Security Officer, Iraq
- Terrance Kelly, Director, Office of Strategic Plans and Assessments
- Joseph Saloom, Director, Iraq Reconstruction and Management Office
Intelligence Community
- Thomas Fingar, Deputy Director for Analysis, U.S. Office for National Intelligence Director
- John Sherman, Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Military Issues
- Steve Ward, Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Middle East
- Jeff Wickham, Iraq Analyst, Central Intelligence Agency
Other Senior Officials
- David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States
- Stuart Bowen, Special Inspector General for Iraqi Reconstruction
Members of Congress
U.S. Senate
- Senator William Frist (R-TN) - Majority Leader
- Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) - Majority Whip
- Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) - Minority Leader
- Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Minority Whip
- Senator John Warner (R-VA) - Chair, Armed Services Committee
- Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) - Ranking Member, Armed Services Committee
- Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE) - Ranking Member, Foreign Relations Committee
- Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) - Member, Armed Services Committee
- Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) - Ranking Member, Energy and Resources Committee
- Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) - Member, Armed Services Committee
- Senator Kit Bond (R-MO) - Member, Intelligence Committee
- Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT) - Member, Armed Services Committee
- Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) - Chair, Foreign Relations Committee
U.S. House of Representatives
- Representative Tom Davis (R-VA) - Chair, Government Reform Committee
- Representative Frank Wolf (R-VA) - Member, Appropriations Committee
- Representative Chris Shays (R-CT) - Member, Government Reform Committee
- Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX) - Member, International Relations Committee
- Representative Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) - Member, International Relations Committee
- Representative Jim Cooper (D-TN) - Member, Armed Services Committee
- Representative Jane Harman (D-CA) - Ranking Member, Intelligence Committee
- Representative John Murtha (D-PA) - Ranking Member, Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense
- Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) - Minority Leader
- Representative Ike Skelton (D-MO) - Ranking Member, Armed Services Committee
Foreign Officials
- Sir David Manning, British Ambassador to the United States
- Nabi Sensoy, Ambassador of Turkey to the U.S.
- Karim Kawar, Ambassador of Jordan to the U.S
- Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa, Ambassador of Qatar to the U.S.
- Imad Moustapha, Ambassador of Syria to the U.S.
- Ashraf Qazi, UN Secretary General Special Representative to Iraq
- Dominic Asquith, British Ambassador to Iraq
- Mukhtar Lamani, Arab League envoy to Iraq
Former Officials / Experts
- Colin L. Powell, former Secretary of State
- General Brent Scowcroft, former National Security Advisor
- General Eric Shinseki, former Chief of Staff of the Army
- Douglas Feith, former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy
- General Anthony Zinni, former Commander, United States Central Command
- General Joe Ralston, former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO
- General Jack Keane, former Vice Chief of Staff of the Army
- General Roger Schultz, former director of Army National Guard
- Admiral Jim Ellis, former Commander of United States Strategic Command
- Leslie H. Gelb, chairman emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations
- Matt Sherman, Former Deputy Senior Advisor and Director of Policy, Iraq Ministry of Interior
- Robert Perito, Senior Program Officer, USIP
- Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
- Guy Laboa, Kellogg Brown and Root
- Col. Jack Petri, USA (Ret.), adviser to Ministry of Interior
- Richard Hill, Director, Office of Strategic Initiatives and Analysis, CHF International
- Ronald Johnson, Executive Vice President for International Development, RTI International
- Arthur Keys Jr., President and CEO, International Relief and Development
- Nancy Lindborg, President, Mercy Corps
- Rabih Torbay, Vice President for International Operations, International Medical Corps
- Zainab Salbi, Founder and CEO, Women for Women International
- Thomas Friedman, New York Times
- Thomas E. Ricks, The Washington Post
- George Packer, The New Yorker
- Mark Danner, The New York Review of Books
- Frederick Kagan, The American Enterprise Institute
- William Kristol, The Weekly Standard
- George Will, The Washington Post