My initial sense of why everything was imploding there was to blame the individual leaders and we know who they are. They were to blame. They were failures on the part of almost everyone in the highest positions of responsibility. But over time, iraq and afghanistan came to see more and more like a failure of american institutions and this includes the talent and good well of the country that all seem to avail nothing. And that was partly because it was an impossible job and also because the institutions that were responsible from the highest Government Agencies to the military from the media, that we are all there in one capacity or another. The nonprofit world, the forprofit world, they just did not have what ever had allowed us to rebuild europe after world war ii. Something had been lost in the recent years. I wondered when did that happen and why did that happen. Then i came back from iraq in time to cover the 2008 president ial election. Suddenly the institutions were collapsing
The lengths police say a young couple went to to cover up their crime. Good day everybody, it is thursday, july 10th, 2014, very glad to have you with us this morning. Almost there. Almost to friday. Right . Thursday is a test of friday. Well, to the weekend. Thats how i look at that time. We maybe need to keep our umbrellas handy today, caitlin . Maybe. Were in that pattern where it is pretty hot and humid throughout the day, chance of thunderstorms later on, in fact, maybe showers through the south this morning, so it is around, the question is will it be raining on your head later today. Well, yesterday we saw the storms going back to about six hours ago, moved through the Lehigh Valley, the poconos, down toward our south, a cluster of some lightning storms back up toward our north, but margely missing philadelphia area. Which is fine. Enough of the rain moving across the delmarva, pushing out to sea, not seeing any showers at least immediately here in jersey, delaware, or southeast
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