The Annotated Iraq Study Group Recommendations: What Makes Sense, What Made Sense Then but Doesn't Now, and What Never Made Sense - Frederick W. Kagan, American Enterprise Institute: "The Iraq Study Group was established in March 2006 at the United States Institute of Peace. …The ISG report itself declared that its 79 recommendations were part of a complete package rather than a menu. … What follows is a look at the ISG's proposals in light of current circumstances to help inform the consideration of these recommendations. My annotations, in bold italic, follow each ISG recommendation. ... RECOMMENDATION 19: The President and the leadership of his national security team should remain in close and frequent contact with the Iraqi leadership. These contacts must convey a clear message: there must be action by the Iraqi government to make substantial progress toward the achievement of milestones. In public diplomacy, the President should convey as much detail as possible about the substance of these exchanges in order to keep the American people, the Iraqi people, and the countries in the region well informed. The administration has been continually doing this since January."