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Transcript: Analysis: Paul Bremer meets President Bush to discuss political transition in Iraq
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- January 16, 2004
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MICHELE NORRIS
All Things Considered (NPR)
01-16-2004
Analysis: Paul Bremer meets President Bush to discuss political transition in Iraq
Host: MICHELE NORRIS
Time: 9:00-10:00 PM
MICHELE NORRIS, host:
The US is considering revising its complicated US blueprint for political transition in Iraq. Paul Bremer, the US administrator for Iraq, met with President Bush at the White House today. A leading Shiite cleric has called for direct elections for a new Iraqi assembly. US officials have said there's no time for that, as NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.
MICHELE KELEMEN reporting:
The Bush administration is trying hard to stick to its timetable and formally end the US occupation of Iraq by the ...