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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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George Washington warned that the debts run up by "unavoidable wars" should not be charged to future generations. A recent history of how America finances war says that George Bush has failed to heed the advice of his predecessor. Another former general-turned-president is quoted in The Price of Liberty .
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Read the story1 minIs Iraq's Government on the Verge of Collapse
With the parliament off on a month-long vacation, five more Iraqi cabinet ministers quit today, the last of the Sunnis in a Shiite-dominated regime. The latest to leave the government of Nouri al-Maliki are loyal to former Prime Minister Ayad Allawai.
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