Petraeus, Crocker Return for Second Round

NPR | By Guy Raz,

Madeleine Brand

Published September 11, 2007 at 1:00 PM EDT

Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker were on Capitol Hill Tuesday for a second day of hearings, continuing to give lawmakers their assessments of the progress made in Iraq. Facing a more skeptical Senate panel, Crocker and Petraeus reiterated points they made in House testimony on Monday.

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Guy Raz

Guy Raz is the host, co-creator, and editorial director of three NPR programs, including two of its most popular ones: TED Radio Hour and How I Built This. Both shows are heard by more than 14 million people each month around the world. He is also the creator and co-host of NPR's first-ever podcast for kids, Wow In The World.

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Madeleine Brand

Madeleine Brand is the host of NPRs newest and fastest-growing daily show, Day to Day. She conducts interviews with newsmakers (Iraqi politicians, US senators), entertainment figures (Bernardo Bertolluci, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Gervais), and the everyday people affected by the news (an autoworker laid off at GM, a mother whose son was killed in Iraq).