retake, even with a commitment from the sunni tripes. let alone they spend time trying to cut the best political deals. time is absolutely of the essence. that oil refinery you mentioned is on the highway to baghdad. if that falls, then isis is another crucial step closer to the iraqi capitol. miguel? thank you very, very much. hard to see how that dynamic changes. a poll shows the american public unhappy with america s performance. 58% disapprove of the way president obama is handling foreign poll sis. a slim majority, 51% support the decision to send 300 military advisers to iraq. breaking overnight, stunning allegations of doctored paper work. veterans records were altered to cover up how many of them died waiting for health care.
the shiite led government is targeting them. it has been consolidating power. they don t support the ideology or the concept but because they do believe this is a battle between suni and shiite and the most powerful suni force is isis. but their rapid advance down toward the iraqi capitol has been through mostly suni lands and it s not just fighting on its own even though it s in the spotlight right now. there s a number of very prominent insurgent groups quite active during the u.s. occupation of iraq that have also joined in the fight against the government. along side that as well we have been seeing numerous calls by various leaders. call being made for them to go join the iraqi security forces. sources telling us that iran sentenced some units of its
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30,000 wounded warriors, many of whom still struggle with serious, life-altering injuries. reporter: it s estimated more than 150,000 iraqis lost their lives in the war. most of them civilians. 16 days to go before the typical american worker gets hit with $1,000 a year tax increase. there are some signs now republicans, democrats, might, might break their log jam over extending the payroll tax cut. democratic source says that president obama may drop his plan for a millionaire surtax to cover the cost of extending it. republicans oppose any new taxes on the wealthy. they would like to pay for the extension primarily by freezing ped ral pay. mitt romney rolling out an aggressive new strategy to stop newt gingrich. romney, in a flurry of interviews, says gingrich and his policy ideas are zany. that s right. he says we don t need zany in a president. he labels gingrich an unreliable conservative. gingrich climbed to the top of national presidential polls after herman cain
these items. the payroll tax cut before the holidays. party leaders in the senate now say they re trying to come up with terms come to terms with something and that may be more likely now that democrats have given up trying to pass a new tax on millionaires. but wait, there is more. in less than 36 hours, much of the federal government will run out of money. the latest as seven budgetary stop gaps runs ot out at midnight tomorrow night. while lawmakers scramble to come up with a plan, nobody s voted on anything. we ll certainly keep you posted. in baghdad today, the end became real. u.s. forces lowered the flag of command, closing the book on a controversial war that claimed almost 4,500 american lives and cost more than $800 billion. defense secretary leon panetta was there. to all of the men and women in uniform today, your nation is deeply indebted to you. you have done everything your nation asked you to do and more. your dedication, your commitment to this missio