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The votes are still being recounted and the results are unclear. What is clear is that American troops will soon be leaving, and that raises even more questions about what will be left behind. We visit Iraq to examine the fault lines, and whether the country is ready to stand on its own. And, we speak with Iraqi exiles here in the US about their new lives and whether they plan to return home.

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"The democratic experience in Iraq is still very much in its infant stages, but it's being tested. It was tested over the course of the last four years, more recently it's being tested by the national elections, and now the challenge of putting a government together."
– Ambassador Gary Grappo, Counselor for Political Affairs in the U.S. Embassy

In this test, there are no cheat sheets, and the final grade has global implications. Iraq is trying hold its first democratic graduation and enroll a new government. At the same time, U.S. troops are starting to pack their bags for a permanent recess. And the question of what will be left behind is about more than Humvees and kitchen equipment. It’s about whether Iraq will be a stable, sovereign state that can stand up to bullies in its playground.

Field report for Iraq
Sean Carberry reports from Iraq on the current political climate and the challenges of forming a new government.
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The 2008 negotiations
Deborah Amos examines the 2008 negotiations between the US and Iraq that led to the signing of an important security agreement and laid the foundation for the future of the US-Iraq relationship.
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The status of the city of Kirkuk
Sean Carberry travels to Iraq to explore one of the thorniest and potentially destabilizing issues in the country — the status of the city of Kirkuk.
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Iraqi refugees in the US
Hear the stories of Ammar Abdulameer, Haifa Pola and Mohammed Yussef, three Iraqi refugees making new lives for themselves in the US.
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Video Extra

The exodus of two million Iraqi refugees has humanitarian and strategic consequences that will reverberate throughout the Middle East.

AAM talks with Deborah Amos, NPR correspondent and the author of "Eclipse of the Sunnis: Power Exile, and Upheaval in the Middle East." Amos discusses the stories of Iraqi refugees and how their fate portends important changes in Middle East politics.

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Mowaffak al-Rubaie
Mowaffak al-Rubaie was elected to the Iraqi National Assembly in December 2005 as a nominee of the United Iraqi Alliance. He was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council, created following the US 2003 invasion of Iraq. In April 2004, Dr. al-Rubaie was appointed National Security Adviser of Iraq.
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Ryan Crocker
Ryan Crocker is a career Ambassador with the U.S. Foreign Service. He was the U.S. ambassador to Iraq from 2007 to 2009, and prior to that was ambassador to Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait and Lebanon. He is currently the Dean of Texas A&M's George Bush School of Government and Public Service.
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Brett McGurk
Brett McGurk served on the National Security Council, first as director for Iraq, and then later as a Special Assistant to President Bush and Senior Director for Iraq and Afghanistan. He also served as a senior Iraq advisor during the first year of the Obama administration and again in Baghdad over the last quarter of 2010.
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Iraq, the Next Act / Executive Producer: Aaron Lobel / AAM Producers: Monica Bushman, Sean Carberry, Matt Ozug, Chris Williams and Flawn Williams / Interns: Whitney Hall and Jeff Robbin / Web Producer: Javier Barrera / Photo: Sean Carberry.

Host: Deborah Amos / Length: 51 minutes / Airdate: May 2010

Special thanks to Joseph Ziauddin, President of the East County Refugee Center in El Cajon, CA.

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