From "Six Years In" (March 20, 2009): War News Radio features the story of an U.S. soldier who found himself in the Sunni Triangle in April of 2003.
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War News Radio's Madeleine Abromowitz speaks with a U.S. soldier who served in Iraq in the first months of the war and found himself frustrated by the Army's flawed approach to winning hearts and minds.
The piece was first featured in "Six Years In" on March 20, 2009.
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War News Radio's Madeleine Abromowitz speaks with a U.S. soldier who served in Iraq in the first months of the war and found himself frustrated by the Army's flawed approach to winning hearts and minds.
The piece was first featured in "Six Years In" on March 20, 2009.
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