Analysis: Iraqis Must Endorse U.N. Plan

NPR | By Robert Siegel

Published February 18, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Anthony Cordesman, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about the possibilities and difficulties of arranging a transfer of sovereignty in Iraq. Cordesman suggests any U.N.-designed plan for a transfer must be practical in addition to being a symbolic transfer of sovereignty.

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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.