What does the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq mean for the region? | Sources & Methods
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What does the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq mean for the region? | Sources & Methods

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 12, 202631 min
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Earlier this month, American forces fully withdrew from Iraq for the second time since the 2003 invasion. In this episode of NPR's national security podcast Sources & Methods, host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR International Correspondent Jane Arraf who is in Baghdad to see how Iraqis are greeting the moment. And NPR Pentagon Correspondent Tom Bowman explains how this withdrawal and the ongoing war with Iran are changing America's footprint in the region. He also discusses Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's "State of the Force" address. We'll be back with a new episode of the NPR Politics Podcast...

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On the next through line from NPR. I was surprised that this man every single day takes a chair and goes to the troubles and debris of his house. And he starts to tell stories to his children, to his mother, to his wife.

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We travel through the past four seasons of ceasefire in Gaza with NPR's Enn Esbaba. Hey there, it's Miles. Today we wanted to bring you some reporting from our friends at Sources and Methods, NPR's podcast about national security. At the beginning of this month, U.S. forces fully

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left Iraq for the second time since the 2003 invasion. Host Mary Louise Kelly talks with NPR's Jane Araphen Baghdad and Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman to reflect on this moment. Here it is. I think we have to not ignore that irony that the U.S. came in here to topple a dictator

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