The commission was established under the fiscal year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act to examine key decisions in the war in Afghanistan and to make recommendations for Congress and policymakers, Turner’s office said.
The commission is expected to submit its final report to congressional committees within three years of its first meeting, and a public version of that report will be made available in an unclassified form, the Senate Armed Services Committee said earlier this year.
Taft served in the Ohio House of Representatives and as a Hamilton County commissioner before serving as Ohio secretary of state and then as governor from 1999 to 2007. Today, he is a distinguished research associate and full-time faculty member with the University of Dayton. There, he teaches legislative politics and education policy and helps oversee the Statehouse Civic Scholars summer internship program.
Turner intends to formally announce Taft’s appointment Monday in Dayton.
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