Embedded Reporter Talks Life in Iraq: Week 4

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Published February 4, 2008 at 10:22 AM PST

This story was published more than 16 years ago.

How did Marines in Iraq spend Super Bowl Sunday? Local journalist Tony Perry is on his sixth visit to Iraq as an embedded journalist with local Camp Pendleton Marines. He explains how our military too

Tom Fudge: Yesterday, the Super Bowl was the biggest thing going on for a lot of Americans. Even those who are assigned to military duty in Iraq had the game on their minds. Tony Perry is the San Diego bureau chief for the L.A. Times . He's in the Sunni Triangle covering San Diego-based marines. He joins us to talk about what's going on with those locally-based troops.

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Guest

Tony Perry, San Diego bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times who is currently embedded with Camp Pendleton Marines in Iraq.