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Is Iraq's Government on the Verge of Collapse
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has been publicly disappointed at Iraq's failure to achieve political reconciliation. Today, five more ministers quit, leaving no Sunnis in Prime Minister al-Maliki's cabinet. Also, President Bush meets with Afghanistan's President, Hamid Karzai, and the financial consequences of the Iraq war on American national security.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenDefense Secretary Robert Gates has been publicly disappointed at Iraq's failure to achieve political reconciliation. Today, five more ministers quit, leaving no Sunnis in Prime Minister al-Maliki's cabinet. Is the government on the verge of collapse? We'll talk with Iraq's Ambassador to the UN, Iraq Study Group member Leon Panetta and others. Also, President Bush meets with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai and, on Reporter's Notebook, how the costly war in Iraq may be endangering our national security.
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