As a bloody insurgency continues to ravage Iraq, it is vital that Sunni, Shia, and Kurds put aside sectarian divisions and work together to lay a solid foundation for a future Iraq in its new constitution. Will the Iraqi National Assembly succeed in framing a constitution before the August 15 deadline? What are the priorities of the Iraqi government? Will the insurgency derail the constitutional process and incite civil war?

These and other questions will be the subject of an AEI panel discussion with distinguished defense and political strategists. This panel will follow an address by Lieutenant General John F. Sattler, commanding general, First Marine Expeditionary Force.