War Update: Iraq's Strategy

By Robert Siegel

Published March 26, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with retired Maj. Gen. Robert Scales, an NPR military consultant. They discuss factors influencing Iraq's war strategy.

Robert Siegel

Prior to his retirement, Robert Siegel was the senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered. With 40 years of experience working in radio news, Siegel hosted the country's most-listened-to, afternoon-drive-time news radio program and reported on stories and happenings all over the globe, and reported from a variety of locations across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. He signed off in his final broadcast of All Things Considered on January 5, 2018.

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