Skelton to offer new look at war in Iraq

Today's Los Angeles Times offers a study of what changes may be coming in Washington with the conversion from Republican to Democratic rule.
Included is this assessment of what Fourth District Congressman Ike Skelton, who appears in line to be the head of the House Armed Services Committee, will do:

Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), who is likely to become chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, plans to hold hearings as soon as possible on the war that will feature field commanders with different perspectives on the fighting and members of the bipartisan commission that has been considering alternative policies in Iraq.Moreover, Skelton and Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Los Angeles), who is expected to become chairman of the government reform committee, plan to hold oversight hearings and start investigations into contracting irregularities and other potential fraud related to the war.