Three authorities on the post-conflict reconstruction of Iraq brief reporters at the Pentagon on July 18, 2003, concerning their assessment of the current situation. Left to right, the presenters are: Rick Barton, senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies--the organization responsible for releasing the mission assessment report; Johanna Mendelson-Forman, senior program officer for peace, security and humanitarian assistance at the United Nations Foundation, and Bob Orr, vice president and director of the Washington program for the Council on Foreign Relations.