5:30 – 6:15 p.m. Reception & Book Signing6:15 – 7:15 p.m. MeetingPlease note special time. This meeting is part of the "Iraq: The Way Forward" series.Members may bring a guest to this event.

Watch Fouad Ajami discuss his book The Foreigner's Gift: The Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraq as part of the Council's Iraq: The Way Forward Series.

OPERATOR: I would now like to turn today's conference over to Ms. Anya Schmemann. Ms. Schmemann, please begin.ANYA SCHMEMANN: Thank you. And hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us this mornin…

Experts discuss the successes and failures of the 2007 U.S. military surge in Iraq, its implications for U.S. strategy in the region over the past ten years, and lessons moving forward.

Michael R. Gordon: I have been instructed to get this show on the show by General Garner. Jay Garner: Jay. GORDON: Jay. That is what I'm going to do. I would like to welcome you to tonight's Co…