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Analysis: One Year Later, Shifting U.S. Strategy in Iraq

By Melissa Block

Published April 9, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

NPR's Melissa Block talks with two high-ranking retired U.S. generals -- Maj. Gen. Robert Scales and Maj. Gen. William Nash -- about the American strategy in Iraq now that fighting has broken out between U.S.-led forces and both Shiite and Sunni Muslim militias.

Melissa Block

As special correspondent and guest host of NPR's news programs, Melissa Block brings her signature combination of warmth and incisive reporting. Her work over the decades has earned her journalism's highest honors, and has made her one of NPR's most familiar and beloved voices.

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