The World's Jessie Graham examines America's "surge" strategy in Iraq. The Pentagon says there have been signs that the strategy is beginning to work, but some experts say counterinsurgency strategies take years to work.

Joanna Simon, a junior at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, explains why even at a liberal school such as hers, there's little student protest against the war in Iraq.

Anchor Lisa Mullins continues her conversation with three people who share their perspectives on the experience of going to war and the costs to families back home.

Anchor Lisa Mullins gets three perspectives on the experience of going to war and the costs to families back home. Lisa speaks with: Tim McLaughlin, a former Marine captain and tank commander who is now out of the Corps; high school teacher Andrew Sapp, who serves in the Army National Guard and spent one year in Iraq; and Andrew Sapp's wife, Anne, also a teacher and a member of the group Military Families Speak Out.

Lisa Mullins, Andrew and Anne Sapp

The BBC's Andrew North reports from the Iraqi city of Ramadi, where some of the heaviest insurgent fighting has taken place.