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By John Lee. On Sunday, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani accepted the resignation of Nineveh Governor, Najm Abdullah Abdul Jabouri. Jabouri submitted his resignation after the parliament rejected the Cabinet's recommendation, made last October 17, to exclude him from accountability measures under Article 12 of Law No. 10 of 2010, governing the National Accountability and

March 20 marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. MIT scholars discuss the history behind the war, lessons learned on state-building, and Iraq’s current political outlook.

Job even after de-baathification. you perform for him or youre fired. a lot of it i think depends on what happens at that meeting today. >> that personal relationship thing will be interesting today, given yesterday at the hearing when james clapper answered a question from john mccain and lindsey graham and said there is a difference between skepticism and disparagement and he believes donald trump has disparaged the intel agency. to be a fly on the wall in that room today is fascinating. >> yo...

Take even clear responsibility, but bremer says that the idea to fire baath party members came from this man, doug fit, a key aide to the president. >> doug fit showed me the draft, and say we are going to do this. >> paul bremer says that de-baathification was your idea. >> no, it was discussed interagency for months. and obviously, bremer did set it up. >> but it seems that a lot of people are blaming you. >> it does, but it is not true.

>> no. >> well, he approved them. >> he approved them. >> yes. >> george bush has never taken clear responsibility but bremer says the idea to fire baath party members came from this man. doug fieth was a key member. >> the decree was drafted and ready to be signed before i left, in fact, the day before i left under secretary of defense showed me the draft and said, were going to issue this tomorrow. >> paul bremer says de-baathificaiton was your idea. >> no, de-baathification was discussed inte...

Terrorists that are terrorizing the -- its a fact. >> whose policy was it to throw these people out of the iraqi government? just answer one question and well move on. whose policy was to it get rid of all the sunnis in the government, throw them out and single them out to the country? >> the coalition of nearly 39 countries around the world including the united states. >> you want to rewrite your own facts. how can you -- >> de-baathification was issued -- >> multiple choice responses on the ir...

2005, said that we err going to eliminate tyranny from all four corners of the globe so they had an expansive world view. >> you know, i think -- >> but, i dont know. here is my question, mika. >> yeah. >> we had paul bremer on the other morning. i made no secret of the fact that i think paul bremer is more responsible than just about anybody for the chaos that has gone in iraq because of the de-baathification of it. >> right. >> do we have paul bremer on to talk about it? are we afraid to let h...

Government and the military in iraq? >> pertaining to the government, ive said the way we implemented the de-baathification was wrong. they have used it in a way to try to broaden the de-baathification far beyond what it was and that was certainly a mistake. >> mr. ambassador, ive read your piece in "wall street journal" and aappreciate your commitment to come up with solutions here. basically, it seems what youre proposing is double down on the policies that the bush administration and you thou...

an appeal which is very unusual. rulings in britain are usually final. justice a landmark sentence for convicted war criminal and former president of liberia, charles taylor. hes been sentenced to 50 years in prison by a special international court. hes convicted of supporting rebels in sierra leon who slaughtered thousands of people during the countrys 11-year civil war. taylor armed rebels in exchange for so-called blood diamonds. mitt romney unofficialing clinching the rop nomin...

im joe johns in for candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." the white house has led a very public campaign for the payroll tax cut extension which would save average and working americans $1,000 in higher taxes next year. after weeks of negotiations, a break-through. the senate yesterday voted to extend the tax cut and unemployment benefits for just two months. the house still has to act. president obama seems satisfied but he let congress know he is not backing off a full-y...