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Are America's top military leaders letting the country down?

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President Bush says the generals, not the politicians, should be running the war in Iraq,

but the generals are doing a terrible job.

That's according to a highly respected Lieutenant Colonel on active duty,

who's written a scathing attack on what he calls a crisis in American generals.

On to the point, should the senior officers be held to account for failing to anticipate the insurgency and not sending

enough troops? Are they repeating the mistakes of Vietnam? Are the wrong people being promoted

to the highest military positions? On reporter's notebook later on, authoritarian government,

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Santa Monica and from the Public Radio International Program Fund, whose contributors include the Ford Foundation

and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Hello again, Mormon Alney. Back with To the Point. A highly regarded Army Lieutenant Colonel has

exposed a split between younger officers and the military's top brass. On To the Point,

are mild-mannered team players repeating the mistakes of Vietnam in Iraq? Is there a crisis in American generals? Should

Congress intervene? On reporter's notebooks, Sinclair Lewis warned 70 years ago that the U.S.

could become an authoritarian state. A new book says the risk is still with us. First, this news

update. Immigration marchers are on the streets today in dozens of cities from New York to California,

but last year's May Day turnout, one million strong, is not expected to be equaled.

One of the reasons is recent raids and deportations.

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