U.S., Britain Exhort Iraqi Leaders to Compromise

by Jamie Tarabay, NPR

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her British counterpart, Jack Straw, push to end a political impasse in Baghdad as they wrap up a two-day trip to Iraq. The Shiite Alliance's nominee to head the new government, interim Prime Minister Ibrahim al Jaafari, has been asked by some to step down.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, April 3, 2006