Conservative Shiite Nominated to be Iraqi Prime Minister

Ibrahim Jafari, a top leader of the Islamic Dawa Party, was unanimously nominated yesterday as Prime Minister of Iraq. Confirmation by the National Assembly is expected. The selection of Jafari, a religous scholar with ties to Iran, has put the United States in a difficult position. How much of an Islamist is Ibrahim Jafari? How close is he to Iran? And what does this mean for the fledgling democracy in Iraq? Larry is joined by Basam Al-Husseini, Spokesman for the Future of Iraq Group and national trainer for the Iraqi elections in the U.S., Michael O’Hanlon, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Institution, and Danielle Pletka, Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, to discuss the nomination.