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Is Iraq's government on the verge of collapse?

Hello again, I'm Aranalny, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

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With Parliament off on a month-long vacation, five more cabinet ministers quit today,

the last of the Sunnis in a Shiite-dominated regime.

The latest to leave the government of Nouri al-Maliki are loyal to former Prime Minister Ayad Al-Awi.

This comes on the heels of Defense Secretary Robert Gates' very public disappointment

over the failure of political reconciliation. On to the point, we'll hear about Iraqi politics

and the government's inability to provide basic services, including water, power, and sewage.

Is it too late for the Iraq study group's recommendations, should Iraq be divided into three

separate entities? First, here's the news.

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Radio International Program Fund, whose contributors include the Ford Foundation and the John D. and

Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Hello again. Wamanalne back with To the Point. Defense Secretary

Robert Gates has been publicly disappointed at Iraq's failure to achieve political reconciliation.

Today, five more ministers quit, leaving no Sunnis in Prime Minister Al Maliki's cabinet.

On To the point is the government

on the verge of collapse. We'll talk with Iraq's ambassador to the UN, Iraq study group member

Leon Panetta, and others. First, this news update. After two days of talks, President Bush

appeared at Camp David today with Afghanistan's president Hamid Karzai. Mr. Bush was asked

about neighboring Pakistan.

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