Former U professor sizes up Iraq war from Defense post.

Colin Kahl serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Middle East. He just returned from three trips to Iraq, the latest with Vice President Biden.

Guests

• Colin Kahl: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East. Professor, on leave, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. Former professor of international relations, University of Minnesota. Former senior fellow, Center for a New American Security and Council on Foreign Relations fellow. Coordinator for the Obama campaign's Iraq Policy Expert Group.

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Resources

• Colin Kahl's biography