Article: Iraq Parliament Ends Another Year of Failure

MELISSA BLOCK
NPR All Things Considered
12-06-2007
Iraq Parliament Ends Another Year of Failure

Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time 21:00-22:00 PM


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With violence down for the first time in years, the U.S. is increasing pressure on the Iraqi government. It wants the Iraqis to pass key laws aimed at keeping the country from splitting apart.

Over the weekend, the Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte delivered this admonition in Baghdad.

Mr. JOHN NEGROPONTE (U.S. Deputy Secretary of State): If progress is not made on these fronts, we risk falling back to ...

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