Why does Rudy Giuliani keep changing his story about quitting the Iraq Study Group?
• Although he claims that he missed every meeting of the Iraq Study Group because he was running for president, his letter to Co-Chair James Baker written before he declared his candidacy said he was quitting due to “previous time commitments.” And, as Newsday reported, that “time commitment” was actually “his lucrative speaking tour that garnered him $11.4 million in 14 months.” [AP, 6/20/07; Newsday (New York), 6/19/07; Iraq Study Group Press Release, 5/31/06, http://www.usip.org/isg/news_releases/meese.html] 4. Why has Giuliani ignored addressing the Iraq War among his so-called “12 Commitments”? • Giuliani has also offered no plan for Iraq and last week he made no apology for ignoring the Iraq War among his so-called ” 12 commitments.” He recently stated, “Iraq may get better, Iraq may get worse, we maybe successful in Iraq, we may not be. I don’t know the answer to that.” [MSNBC, 6/12/07, Concord Monitor, 6/13/07] 5. Why hasn’t Rudy Giuliani release his full client list and why do
