IRDC (Iraq Reconstruction and Development Council) was a group of 150 Iraqi expatriates —most of whom were American citizens— recruited by the Pentagon in March 2003 to assist the Coalition Forces with post-war reconstruction planning after the second Gulf War.
The group was supervised by Abram Shulsky's Office of Special Plans unit in the Pentagon.
First ORHA and then the CPA used the IRDC's members as technical advisors to Iraq's ministries and provincial offices.
Some CPA officials had concerns that some IRDC members brought potentially troublesome political baggage with them, including ties to factions controlled by exile politicians.
[3] The group was later marginalized and sidelined by Americans who view them as foot soldiers rather than partners in policy-making and left shortly after deployment in 2003.