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This country. >> well, the war was initially justified for some as an effort to rid iraq of weapons of mass destruction. i never believed all these cases, anyway, which of course the country didn't possess in the first place. about 4,500 americans gave their lives in that effort over there. an additional 32,000 were wounded. the war cost nearly $1 trillion for us. to this day, it's impossible to look at these numbers and not ask the simple question, was it worth it? was it the right war to fight? kimberly dozier covered the war for cbs news. she was severely wounded by a car bomb, an experienc...

About 4,500 americans gave their lives in that effort over there. an additional 32,000 were wounded. the war cost nearly $1 trillion for us. to this day, it's impossible to look at these numbers and not ask the simple question, was it worth it? was it the right war to fight? kimberly dozier covered the war for cbs news. she was severely wounded by a car bomb, an experience she writes about in her book, "breathing the fire: fighting to survive and get back to the fight." she now covers the intelligence community for "the associated press." and bob herbert is a distinguished senior fellow at dem...

Your dedication, your commitment to this mission, has been the driving force behind the remarkable progress that we've seen here in baghdad and across this country. >> well, the war was initially justified for some as an effort to rid iraq of weapons of mass destruction. i never believed all these cases, anyway, which of course the country didn't possess in the first place. about 4,500 americans gave their lives in that effort over there. an additional 32,000 were wounded. the war cost nearly $1 trillion for us. to this day, it's impossible to look at these numbers and not ask the simple quest...

thing. cnn newsroom continues right now with randi kaye. >> hi there, suzanne. thank you. well, three major stories on the radar this hour. starting with a major hurricane. category 3 irene batters the bahamas and eyes the carolinas. chad myers is watching that. a hostage ordeal is over in tripoli, but the fighting goes on, and moammar gadhafi still out of sight. and washington surveys the damage from the earthquake that shook the east coast almost 24 hours ago. i want to start with a huge and still growing hurricane irene. chad myers is watching it all for us. what's it doing ...

State legislature in this case. >> you negotiate it. many, many unions have given up parts of their pensions across the country. you're absolutely right. some of the pension systems are breaking municipalities, counties all over the country. a lot of unions have given back. it's similar situation that we face with entitlements. we have on the municipal level we have huge pension plans and in washington we have entit entitleme entitlements, neither of which are sustainable. the great national governmental question is how do we come together to deal with this problem? i just saw mr. ryan talk ab...