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After six years of occupation, U.S. troops are about to pull out of Iraqi cities. Is Iraq ready to handle its own security? Rod Nordland, Foreign Correspondent for The New York Times, joins The Takeaway to help answer that question.
After six years of occupation, U.S. troops are about to pull out of Iraqi cities. Amid increasing violence, including a series of explosions across Baghdad and a suicide truck bombing last weekend, is Iraq is ready to handle its own security when the 133,000 U.S. troops depart? Rod Nordland is the Foreign Correspondent in the Baghdad Bureau for our partners The New York Times, and he joins us now to help answer that question.