Interview with Lakhdar Brahimi, Part 2

NPR | By Steve Inskeep

Published June 4, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with U.N. envoy to Iraq Lakhdar Brahimi about Iraq's future. Brahimi admits the United States will continue to have a significant presence there, but puts a great deal of faith in Iraq's newly announced government.

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