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How Real a Threat is Saddam?

NPR | By Jacki Lyden
Published February 8, 2003 at 11:00 PM CST

Guest host Jacki Lyden speaks with University of Chicago political scientist John Mearsheimer about the argument for Saddam Hussein's containment and why it did not prevail in Washington.

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Jacki Lyden is a contributing host and correspondent on NPR.
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