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Interim Council Split on Elections for Iraq

A United Nations team travels to Iraq soon to assess the feasibility of holding elections to select the members of a transitional assembly. U.S. officials say security concerns and other problems argue against early elections. But members of the U.S.-appointed Iraqi governing council are split on the issue. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

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