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Tuesday, December 16, 2003 at 11:00 AM EST

After Saddam: What Now for Iraq?

Saddam’s history. But Iraq’s struggles aren’t. Not yet. We look at how the U.S. and Iraq can and should push forward the momentum of Saddam’s capture, and what to do now in Iraq.

Guests:

Alex Berenson, foreign correspondent for the New York Times

Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton

Juan Cole, professor of history at the University of Michigan

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