 Members of the Study Group and staff spoke with officials from various governments, seeking their views regarding the state of Iraq.As a matter of political expediency, the group did not assign blame or causality for the state of Iraq's security, by focus on the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Occupation of Iraq, or subsequent actions taken by the U.S. Military.It researched and outlined problems in Iraq, how such problems relate to each other, and what steps could be taken to fix the problems.