War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars (Audio)
Listen to Richard N. Haass speak about his book War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars, which details how and why the two...
Speaker: Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars
Presider: Ted Koppel, Senior News Analyst, National Public Radio; Contributing Analyst, BBC America
May 13, 2009
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