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Interim Iraqi Administration

By Jackie Northam

Published April 18, 2003 at 12:00 AM EDT

As part of the overall plan to rebuild Iraq, the United States aims to install an interim administration to run the nation until elections can be held. One of the organizations that likely will play a prominent role is the exiled opposition group the Iraqi National Congress. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.

Jackie Northam

Jackie Northam is NPR's International Affairs Correspondent. She is a veteran journalist who has spent three decades reporting on conflict, geopolitics, and life across the globe - from the mountains of Afghanistan and the desert sands of Saudi Arabia, to the gritty prison camp at Guantanamo Bay and the pristine beauty of the Arctic.

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