Saturday, September 4, 2010

PRTs highlighted on West Wing Week

Last week White House videographer, Arun Chaudhary, visited Iraq and covered some of the work of the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Baghdad.  This week his report appears in a YouTube segment called  West Wing Week.

I didn't get any camera time but I was along on the Um Al Abeed trip.  The Sheik in the video has been a strong force for good.  These are the kinds of folks who are actually making a positive difference in Iraq.  These farmers are working hard to survive and improve the plight of their villages.  The question is; with PRTs and the last of the US military leaving Iraq next year will the work have a lasting economic and political impact on the region and Iraq as a whole?  

Be sure to check out West Wing Week on YouTube.

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