War in Iraq

War in Iraq hits five-year mark

It's been five years since the U.S. invaded Iraq. The war has so far cost the United States $500 billion, and Iraqi and U.S. casualties together are in the tens of thousands. Midday examines the past five years and the future of U.S. involvement in Iraq.

Guests

• Barbara Bodine: Lecturer and diplomat in residence at Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, 2003 coordinator for post-conflict reconstruction for Baghdad and the central provinces of Iraq and former coordinator for Counterterrorism at the State Department.

More from MPR

• More than 800 Minn. Guard troops going to Iraq
  March 18, 2008
• Inside the U.S. military
  March 17, 2008
• What the war really costs
  March 17, 2008

Resources

• Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs