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Military Action against Iran?
The White House denies it, but reports persist that President Bush plans to attack Iran before leaving office. Senators of both parties have raised the prospect in public. We hear about possible targets and rationales. Also, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is under fire for corruption, and a former press secretary turns on the White House.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenThe White House denies it, but reports persist that President Bush plans to attack Iran before leaving office. Senators of both parties have raised the prospect in public. We hear about possible targets and rationales. Also, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is under fire for corruption, and former press secretary Scott McClellan says the Bush White House misled the nation about war in Iraq.
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3 storiesIsrael's Ehud Olmert under Fire for Corruption
Israel's defense minister Ehud Barak says Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should remove himself from office, pending the outcome of a high-profile corruption case. A former prime minister himself, Barack now leads the Labor Party, part of Olmert's governing coalition. Tim McGirk is Jerusalem Bureau Chief for Time magazine.
Read the story6 minIran and the Prospect of Military Action
Last week, the Jerusalem Post reported that the Bush Administration planned to attack Iran before leaving office. The White House said the story "was not worth the paper it was printed on," but Senators of both parties have been asking if there are any such plans.
Read the story34 minScott McClellan Book Trashes the Bush White House
He was the White House Press Secretary who helped President Bush to persuade the nation that war with Iraq was "necessary." But in a new book, he says it was "not necessary," and that an "incurious" President deceived himself with the assistance of advisors, including Condoleezza Rice.
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