February 23, 1998

The crisis is over . . . for now. U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan hammered out a deal with Iraqi president Saddam Hussein that will allow U.N. inspectors "full, unfettered and unconditional access" to suspected weapons sites. It's a deal President Clinton is accepting, assuming of course that Saddam sticks to his end of the bargain. He's broken his word before, so an immediate stand down of American forces in the Persian Gulf is not in the offing anytime soon.

Chat Transcript: A talk with Iraq's UN ambassador Nizar Hamdoon