Mar 17 NPR's Deborah Amos on Fallout of Iraq's Middle Class Exodus By Hari Sreenivasan Continuing our series of conversations about the Middle East, NPR foreign correspondent Deborah Amos joined us on the Rundown to talk about her new book, "Eclipse of the Sunnis," which chronicles the reasons behind the exodus of… Continue reading
Mar 15 Watch News Wrap: Incumbent al-Maliki Leading Iraq Vote In other news Monday, Iraq continues to count votes from its parliamentary election, and one person was killed by a blast targeting the primary U.S. military base in Afghanistan. Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch News Wrap: U.S. Home Foreclosure Rate May Be Slowing In other news Thursday, home foreclosures rose by 6 percent in February, the smallest amount in four years. Also, partial election results show the Iraqi prime minister running neck-and-neck with a challenger. Continue watching
Mar 09 Odierno: 'I Believe We're on Track' to Withdraw Troops After Iraq Election By News Desk In an interview airing on Tuesday's NewsHour, Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, told Jim Lehrer that he was pleased with how Iraqi forces handled security surrounding the recent national elections, saying that the violence was… Continue reading
Mar 09 Watch Gen. Odierno: 'People of Iraq Have Embraced Democracy' As Iraq counts the ballots from Sunday's parliamentary election, Jim Lehrer talks to Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, about how a new government may impact the security situation and the drawdown of U.S. troops. Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch Iraq Elections Hint at Progress Despite Attacks Iraqis went to the polls this week to cast votes in the country's parliamentary election. With the results forthcoming, Gwen Ifill talks to a reporter in Baghdad about the larger-than-expected turnout, the security situation and how the next government might… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch Iraqis Vote in Pivotal Election, Undaunted by Deadly Attacks Turnout in Iraq's parliamentary election topped 60 percent, despite a wave of attacks targeting the polls that killed at least 38 people. Gwen Ifill reports. Continue watching
Mar 05 Prime Minister Defends British Involvement in Iraq War British Prime Minister Gordon Brown stood by his country's involvement in the Iraq war Friday, refuting charges that the government failed to fully fund the 2003 invasion. Brown called the decision to join the U.S.-led campaign in Iraq… Continue reading