After Five Years in, Where Do We Stand in Iraq?
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With US troops now on the ground in Iraq for a period longer than World War II, what do we have to show for their efforts? Guest host Lawrence O'Donnell explores whether Iraq has become any more secure and politically stable, and if Americans are losing patience and interest in the war. Also, the Bear Stearns collapse.
Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock
Making News
Markets Volatile after Fed Moves ()
In a frantically arranged deal to avoid bankruptcy this weekend, the 85 year-old investment bank Bear Stearns was sold to JP Morgan Chase at a mere $2 a share with the Federal Reserve stepping in to guarantee Bear Stearns enormous trading obligations. Michael Patterson reports on the US stock market for Bloomberg.
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- Michael Patterson: US Stock Market Reporter, Bloomberg
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At Five Years in, Where Do We Stand in Iraq? ()
After five years of combat in Iraq, how much progress can the US military report? Some insist this year's troop surge is working, but are we any closer to political stability and security in Iraq? With polls showing a declining public awareness of what's happening in Iraq, will it be a decisive issue in the presidential election?
Guests:
- Richard Oppel: Reporter, New York Times
- Julian Barnes: Pentagon Reporter, Los Angeles Times, @julianbarnes
- Andrew Kohut: President, Pew Research Center, @pewresearch
- Michael O'Hanlon: Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
- Steven Simon: Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
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- Vice President Cheney in Iraq
- ABC/BBC News poll of Iraqis on progress in Iraq
- Coverage of Iraq, Project for Excellence in Journalism on
- Today's New York Times on Special Envoy Bremer's decision to disband Iraqi Army
- Bob Woodward's 'State of Denial'
- John McCain on Iraq
- Hillary Clinton on ending the war in Iraq
- Obama on ending the war in Iraq
- Oppel's article on McCain's visit to Iraq
- Pew survey about public awareness on Iraq
- Simon's 'After the Surge'
- Simon's 'The Next Attack'
Reporter's Notebook
Should the Fed Intervene to Rescue the Markets? ()
With the venerable investment bank Bear Stearns plunging toward bankruptcy over the weekend, the Federal Reserve took unprecedented emergency action to guarantee its enormous trading obligations as JP Morgan Chase agreed to buy the firm for a mere $2 a share. Jared Bernstein is senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC. Tom Donlan is editorial page editor at Barron's.
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- Jared Bernstein: Senior Economist, Economic Policy Institute, @econjared
- Tom Donlan: Editorial Page Editor, Barron's National Business and Financial Weekly, @barronsonline
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