Hughes on Listening Tour Story aired: Thursday, September 29, 2005
As Al Qaeda tries to get its message out, Karen Hughes, the close confidant of President Bush and now the new undersecretary of state is on a public relations offensive for the U.S. in the Middle East.
It is a listening tour, and Hughes is getting an earful.
In Istanbul, Turkish female activists blasted Hughes over the war in Iraq. Hughes' response: women in Iraq are better off now, than they were under Saddam Hussein.
For more reaction to the Hughes trip, we turn to journalist Mona Eltahawy She writes a weekly column for the Arab language daily paper Asharq Al Awsat .
Guests:
Mona Eltahawy. She writes a weekly column for the Arab language daily paper Asharq Al Awsat
