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In the “Exiting Iraq” panel of the Middle East Institute’s 60th Annual Conference, Jay Garner, Brian Katulis, David Satterfield, Qubad Talabani and moderator Bing West discussed various ways to improve the situation in Iraq and to find a comprehensive and successful way out of the current quagmire for US forces. Bing West identified the four major themes that appeared throughout each panelist’s speech: a greater advisory role of US troops, the necessity for regional dialogue, the essential nature of a pro-American Kurdistan and the need to develop contingency plans if the situation continues to degrade.