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Transcript: Middle East Considers Impact of U.S. Leaving Iraq
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ANDREA SEABROOK
Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR)
12-03-2006
Middle East Considers Impact of U.S. Leaving Iraq
Host: ANDREA SEABROOK
Time 12:00-13:00 PM
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ANDREA SEABROOK, host:
Another secret memo about Iraq has leaked out of the Bush administration. This time the words were written by outgoing Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. In a memorandum submitted two days before he resigned early last month, Rumsfeld acknowledged that U.S. strategy in Iraq was, quote, "not working well enough or fast enough," end quote, and that the time had come to make, quote, "a major adjustment," end quote.
One adjustment Rumsfeld suggests is to lower public expectations for what can be ...