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Iraq Strategy Casts Shadow Over Gates Hearings

An analysis of the confirmation process for the Bush administration’s nominee for defense secretary, Robert Gates and the changing U.S. strategy in Iraq.

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By Jessica Tuchman Mathews
Published on Dec 4, 2006

Source: The Newshour with Jim Lehrer

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Carnegie President Jessica T. Mathews and former Pentagon official Dov Zakheim discussed the confirmation process for the Bush administration’s nominee for defense secretary, Robert Gates and the changing U.S. strategy in Iraq in an interview on The Newshour with Jim Lehrer.

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Jessica Tuchman Mathews

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Mathews is a distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She served as Carnegie’s president for 18 years.

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