Mr. BEALS: One of the things that is now becoming even more crystallized are who are the key leaders.

NPR: Drawing Iraq's Sunnis into the Political Process

O'HARA: As the Sunnis get more involved in politics, Beals says, the US can more accurately identify Sunni leaders who have real clout in their communities.

NPR: Drawing Iraq's Sunnis into the Political Process

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Another State Department official, Jeff Beals, political adviser at the US Embassy in Baghdad, says that military commanders and US diplomats now meet with a wide range of Sunni tribal leaders.

NPR: Drawing Iraq's Sunnis into the Political Process

O'HARA: US officials acknowledge that it's been hard for Americans to identify the Sunni leaders who are the true power brokers, but Jeff Beals at the US Embassy in Baghdad says it's getting easier.

NPR: Drawing Iraq's Sunnis into the Political Process

Mr. JEFF BEALS (Political Adviser, US Embassy in Baghdad): There are broad efforts by the US government and the Iraqi government to find influential leaders in the Sunni Arab community who are able to get out the message that the political process has room in it and can only succeed when every part of the population is part of it.

NPR: Drawing Iraq's Sunnis into the Political Process