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Article: Live From Baghdad.
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- Broadcasting & Cable
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- September 3, 2007
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By Marisa Guthrie
Critics question Couric's Iraq trip
The virtues of sending a multi-million dollar anchor into a war zone are again being debated in the wake of CBS News' announcement last week to send Katie Couric to Iraq and Syria.
The news peg for the trip: Gen. David Patraeus' forthcoming status report on the U.S. performance in Iraq, which could have a major impact on the administration's war efforts. (President Bush is expected to ask Congress for an additional $50 billion for the war in Iraq.)
But the trip, which sent Couric's critics crying 'publicity stunt,' offers a suitable hook for CBS News, a different angle on the first ...