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Despite the approval of Iraq's new constitution and progress in developing Iraq’s security forces, ongoing violence and political instability have raised questions about the current strategy for fighting, and winning, the war.
Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) will deliver a major policy address at the American Enterprise Institute on Operation Iraqi Freedom and the path to victory.
Following his speech, AEI scholars Danielle Pletka, Thomas Donnelly, Frederick W. Kagan, Michael Rubin and Reuel Marc Gerecht will give an update on Iraq and predictions for the future.