Eye on Iraq: Jim Baker had the last laugh

James A. Baker is not the president of the United States and it is more than 14 years since he was secretary of state. But he has not lost any of his unparalleled understanding of the dynamics of policymaking at the highest levels: The way he steered his Iraq Study Group and framed its proposals is already pointing the Bush administration in radical new directions that no one imagined possible only a month ago.. Full Story »