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A View From Slightly Off Center: Status of Forces Agreement
Status Of Forces Agreement (55:38)
A View From Slightly Off Center:  Status of Forces Agreement
Will SOFA tie Obama's hands in Iraq? David Yerkey interviews George A. Lopez and Chris Toensing about a Status of Forces Agreement for Iraq.

George A. Lopez: Senior Fellow, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame; Frequent Commentator on Iraq War; Co-Editor, Uniting Against Terror: Cooperative Nonmilitary Responses to the Global Terrorist Threat (2007); how to face terrorism through global cooperation, US policies in Iraq and US foreign policy in the war on terror.

Chris Toensing: Executive Director, Middle East Research and Information Project; Editor, Middle East Report; Organizing Committee, Task Force for a Responsible Withdrawal from Iraq; wrote, "Don't Extend the U.S. Stay in Iraq" (11/3/08); Iraq's future under President Obama, Iraq/U.S. Status of Forces agreement, Iraqi sovereignty, how U.S. Presence in Iraq affects the region.