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Gauging Iraq's Counterinsurgency, U.S. Plans

In a few weeks, Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Lt. Gen. David Petraeus will present their findings on the success of the military surge in Iraq. Host Liane Hansen speaks to New York Times reporter Michael Gordon about his most recent trip to Iraq.

Gordon's story "The Former-Insurgent Counterinsurgency" appears in this week's New York Times Magazine.

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