Richard Engel at the World Affairs Council 6-11-2008

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NBC News' Richard Engel is the longest serving broadcaster in Iraq and the only American television reporter to cover the country continuously before, during, and after the 2003 US invasion. Fluent in Arabic, he has had unrivaled access to US military commanders, Sunni insurgents, Shiite militias, Iraqi families, and even President George W. Bush. Engel, who reported as a freelance journalist for ABC News during the initial US invasion of Iraq, was NBC News' lead Iraq correspondent from 2003 until his appointment to Beirut Bureau Chief in May 2006. He discusses his experiences as a reporter in Iraq and his new book War Journal--My Five Years in Iraq.

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[TeddyOG]

I'm reading his war journal and out of all the Iraq books I've read it is one of the most informative and interesting books. Iraq really took a toll on him but his work was what important to him. His book goes through basically the whole entire war and rebuilding and government making in Iraq and gives you the definitive story. Not only was the book informative but also showed the psyche of someone who has lived in a warzone and seen the bloodshed and how he deals with it.

[AndersonOprah]

Richard Engel's "A Fist in the Hornet's Nest" has great insight into the days leading up to the invasion of Iraq and American troops entering Baghdad. He is a great reporter, I'm glad he was able to speak with the World Affairs Council