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Has Time Run Out on President Bush's Surge in Iraq?
President Bush is receiving reports and advice, as Congress holds hearings and military leaders, government agencies and outside experts analyze the troubled war in Iraq. Many politicians are demanding a phased withdrawal. Has time run out on the President's surge? Also, German police break up a terrorist plot, and our perhaps too-high expectations from professional athletes. Jim Sterngold guest hosts.
By Jim Sterngold • • 1h 0m ListenPresident Bush is receiving a deluge of reports and advice, as Congress holds hearings. Military leaders, government agencies and outside experts are analyzing every aspect of the troubled war in Iraq. With little progress in quelling the insurgency and thousands of Iraqis being killed or forced from their homes each week, many politicians are demanding a phased withdrawal. Also, Germany breaks up a terrorist plot against American interests and, on Reporter's Notebook, professional athletes spend their whole lives preparing to win. How should they act when they lose? Jim Sterngold guest hosts.
President George W. Bush speaks to members of the Regimental Combat Team-2, Marine Wing Support Combat Patrol at Al Asad Airbase, Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
White House photo by Eric Draper
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3 storiesGermans Foil Alleged Chemical Attack on US Interests
German police today say that they've broken up a plot to launch a string of terrorist bombings against Americans. The suspected terrorists, two Germans and a Turk, were arrested as they prepared to move what the police said was an enormous volume of bomb materials. They also said the men appeared to be linked to al Qaeda.
Read the story6 minThe Looming Political Battle over Iraq
Although Congressional Democrats failed to prevent President Bush's military surge in Iraq last year, they won a concession. They funded the increased deployments, but demanded that the administration report on the success of its operations by September 15. With that day of reckoning almost here, the political battle lines have been drawn.
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Professional athletes spend their whole lives preparing to win. They're expected to throw themselves physically and emotionally into their sports, fighting with all they've got to the finish. They're also expected to be cheerful and good sports, even when they lose.
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