War in Iraq

Evaluating Secretary Rumsfeld

Senate Democrats plan to push for a vote of "no confidence" in Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld this week, saying he's responsible for the failure to stabilize Iraq. The vote would only be symbolic, and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist dismissed it as "political gamesmanship."

Guests

• Joseph Galloway: Columnist for the McClatchy newspaper chain. Galloway has spent 40 years as foreign affairs and war correspondent, and is the co-author of "We Were Soldiers Once... And Young: Ia Drang -- The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam."

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