My own view of this, by the way, is, if the war on terrorism is successful over time, in its own way it's going to box Saddam in in a way that's going to make it much more difficult for him to maintain his power, and that he's going to become increasingly isolated. I think that's going to take time.

In April 2003 following warnings by the Bush administration to the government of Syria Eagleburger condemned the possibility of military action in Syria or Iran saying that public opinion would not support such a move and that "If President Bush were to try it now even I would feel he should be skinned alive. He was formerly a member of the Board of Visitors at the College of William and Mary. International Commission on Holocaust-Era Insurance Claims
Eagleburger became chairman of the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims or ICHEIC which was set up in 1998.

Eagleburger is the only career Foreign Service Officer to have served as Secretary of State. W.