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What's the Immediate Future of the Middle East?
The Middle East is changing fast, with US influence waning and Iran challenging Israel as a major regional power. We hear about democracy, radical Islam, and anti-Americanism. Should US interests depend more on military action or diplomacy? Plus, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld holds his last town hall session at the Pentagon, and the mock-documentary Borat--and the law.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenThe Middle East is changing fast, with US influence waning and Iran challenging Israel as a major regional power. We hear about democracy, radical Islam, and anti-Americanism. Should US interests depend more on military action or diplomacy? Plus, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld holds his last town hall session at the Pentagon, and the mock-documentary Borat--and the law.
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3 storiesRumsfeld's Last Town Hall Meeting at the Pentagon
Donald Rumsfeld is the only person to lead the Pentagon twice, and he's one of the longest serving defense secretaries in history. Today he made a tearful last appearance at a forum with several hundred Pentagon employees.
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With the United States bogged down in Iraq, and President Bush, the Congress and leaders around the world debating the Iraq Study Group's report , there's talk that the "American era" in the Middle East has ended. Without Iraq to offset it, Iran is becoming the strongest Islamic nation—with Israel the region's other major power.
Read the story37 minWill Borat's Release Forms Prevent a Slew of Lawsuits?
A new mock-documentary is making big money, but some of its unwitting co-stars claim they were duped into making fools of themselves for the entertainment of others. Now a court has taken notice of their complaints.
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