As most readers know, the blog has been keeping up with the Commission of the Strategic Posture of the United States, through its legislative inception and the announcement of the members.
The U.S. Institute of Peace, which facilitated the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, will play a similar role for the Strategic Posture Commission. The executive director is Paul Hughes, who worked on the ISG and is best-known for his work on post-conflict peace and stability operations.
The Commission is still not fully-funded and has not held a full meeting of the Commission. Assuming the Commission gets its dough, expect a meeting in mid-June and another in mid-July. I would also imagine that means the due date will slip from December 1, 2008.