Study Hard, Iraq Is No Easy 'A'
Harry Smith: Iraq Study Group Does Not Have 'Magic Bullet'
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Play CBS Video Video Full Speed Ahead No More Bill Plante reports that President Bush's tone has changed in regards to Iraq now that the Democrats are in control. The president and vice president are now holding talks with the Iraq Study Group.
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Video Shifting Strategy In Iraq Secretary of Defense nominee Robert Gates is expected to recommend changes, including reevaluating the situation in Iraq and replacing many civilian appointees at the Pentagon. David Martin reports.
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Video Exit Polls: Change In Iraq Exit polls from the midterm elections show that voters want a new approach to the war in Iraq. Amy Walter of Cook Political Reports discusses the issue with Harry Smith.
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Interactive Battle For Iraq The government, the insurgency, key players, background and photos.
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Interactive Religion In Iraq An interactive guide to Iraq's religious, ethnic and ideological mix.
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Interactive Attacks Map Details on the insurgency and terrorism that has continued to take lives since the fall of Saddam.
The Iraq Study Group meets with President Bush today, and a lot of people are hoping they have some good ideas to pass along to the administration.
The death toll in Iraq continues to defy description. The Iraqis themselves now say they think 150,000 of their people have perished since the war began: 150,000. More than 100 were killed on Sunday, and a dozen more today.
So often we look at the war through American eyes. If you looked at the war through Iraqi eyes, you would go mad.
Does the study group possess the magic bullet? The plan that would lead to the end of sectarian violence? My sources say no. This Gordian Knot is so complicated, so hard to unravel, that those of you wanting a quick fix, or at least a road map to resolution, will no doubt be disappointed.
As Colin Powell said, "We broke it; we own it."
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By Harry Smith
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