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Allow Us to Explain: The Second Iraq War - Episode 1


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Episode 1: Background 

Allow Us to Explain presents our miniseries on the second Iraq War. Rohan Krishnamoorthy (Foreign Policy and Defense Policy Team Lead) and Sam Taylor (Our National Conversation Managing Editor) will analyze the second Iraq War chronologically over the course of eight episodes. We set the stage in episode one by introducing the characters, settings, and events that led to the second Iraq War.

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