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U.N. Outlines Plans to Aid Iraq Reconstruction

By Robert Siegel

Published February 2, 2004 at 9:00 PM PST

This story was published more than 22 years ago.

The United Nations will send a team to Iraq in hopes of easing disputes over the transfer of power there. Shiite Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's demands for directly electing an Iraqi interim government have clashed with U.S. plans for a caucus process. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and U.N. Undersecretary-General Shashi Tharoor.

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Robert Siegel

Prior to his retirement, Robert Siegel was the senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered. With 40 years of experience working in radio news, Siegel hosted the country's most-listened-to, afternoon-drive-time news radio program and reported on stories and happenings all over the globe, and reported from a variety of locations across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. He signed off in his final broadcast of All Things Considered on January 5, 2018.

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