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The Iraq Pullout Question
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The draft of the Iraq constitution faced another midnight deadline last night without a draft finished and submitted.

Yesterday afternoon, President Bush delivered a speech in Salt Lake City, UT identifying Iraq as the frontline on the War on Terror.

Hear a conversation about what a Constitution will mean for the stability of that country, what it means for Bush’s domestic standing, and whether it’s time for a pullout of American troops in Iraq.

Guests:

William Odom, retired General and former Director of the National Security Agency

Thomas Barnett, former professor and Senior Strategic Researcher at the U.S. Naval War College, author of “The Pentagon’s New Map”;
Ambassador Feisal al-Istrabadi, Iraq’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations

 
 

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