Mem
bers of the Congressionally chartered Iraq Study Group continued their assessment of the war in Iraq Monday when they met with President George Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley, and Whitehouse Chief of Staff Josh Braden reportedly to gather Administration views. The group planned to talk with other Administration officials Monday and talk with British Prime Minister Tony Blair via teleconference Tuesday. ISG co-chairmen James Baker and Lee Hamilton have pledged to provide a final report to the Administration and Congress next month. The group already has replaced Robert Gates, newly nominated to be Defense Secretary, with former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger.
United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket is slated to fly its second national security mission in February—nearly six months after its first operational launch and almost a year after it was certified to fly military payloads for the Space Force.
