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An Iraqi policeman stands guard at a checkpoint decorated with plastic flowers on Palestine street in Baghdad on July 9, 2008. Security continued to improve in Iraq from March to May 2008, with violence at its lowest level in four years, but the gains are 'fragile, reversible and uneven,' a quarterly Pentagon report said. (ALI YUSSEF/AFP/Getty Images)
A progress report from Iraq
Broadcast: Midday, 08/05/2008, 11:00 a.m.
St. Paul, Minn. — A progress report from a member of the team of analysts invited to Iraq by Gen. David Patraeus for 10 days of research on security and political progress in Iraq's three largest cities.
The group met with Patraeus, U.S. troops, military commanders and diplomats, as well as Iraqi politicians.
Guests
Colin Kahl: Professor, Security Studies program at Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Non-resident Fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Consultant, U.S. Department of Defense.
Audio
- A progress report from Iraq (program audio)
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