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With the Iraq war now in its sixth year, two journalists from the television networks reflect on what's happened in the country since U.S.-led invasion in 2003. Both have reported extensively from Iraq and share their insights on the ongoing conflict and U.S. efforts to build a stable democracy there.
Richard Engel, NBC News' chief foreign correspondent and author of "War Journal: My Five Years in Iraq" (Simon & Schuster).
Kimberly Dozier, CBS correspondent working primarily in Iraq since 2003. She was injured in a car bomb attack on Memorial Day 2006. Her cameraman and soundman were killed in the attack. She's currently on temporary assignment in Washington, DC. She's author of "Breathing the Fire: Fighting to Report and Surviving the War in Iraq."
An internationally recognized authority on Russian history, politics, and economics describes Russia's economic recovery and the use of its oil-based power as a lever in world politics.
Marshall Goldman, Professor of Economics Emeritus at Wellesley College and Senior Scholar at the Davis Center for Russian Studies at Harvard University.