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America's Tangled Diplomacy in the Middle East
Condoleezza Rice met with her Syrian counterpart today in a diplomatic breakthrough. Also, Democrats focus on Iraq benchmarks and, on Reporter's Notebook, the myths and history of America's first British Colony.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenIn Egypt for a meeting on Iraq's future, Condoleezza Rice met with her Syrian counterpart today in a diplomatic breakthrough. Will Iran be next? What about America's most important Arab ally? Will Saudi Arabia help the government of Iraq or distance itself from US interests in the Middle East? Also, Democrats? focus moves from troop withdrawal to Iraq benchmarks and, on Reporter's Notebook, Queen Elizabeth comes back to Jamestown. We talk about the first British Colony and its myths and history.
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