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President Bush vows to ensure the outcome in Iraq will "merit the sacrifice," and the top commander there recommends pausing troop draw downs during the final months of the Bush presidency. Meanwhile, violence has increased in Baghdad and Moqtada al Sadr is threatening a revolt amidst intra-Shiite violence in the south. A look at the factional challenges to stability in Iraq and U.S. strategy going forward.
Leila Fadel, Baghdad bureau chief, McClatchy Newspapers
Steven Lee Myers, White House Correspondent, New York Times
Joost Hiltermann, Deputy Program Director for the Middle East and North Africa, International Crisis Group
Daniel Serwer, vice president,Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations at the U.S. Institute of Peace; former executive director, the Iraq Study Group
The Panama Canal remains one of the engineering marvels of all time. Author Matthew Parker examines the cost - in lives and treasure - of what Theodore Roosevelt called 'one of the great works of the world.'
Matthew Parker, author of "The Battle of Britain" and "Monte Cassino"