Are America's Top Military Leaders Letting the Country Down?

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A highly regarded Army lieutenant colonel has exposed a split between younger officers and the military's top brass.  Are "mild-mannered team players" repeating the mistakes of Vietnam in Iraq?  Is there "a crisis in American generals?"  Should Congress intervene?  Also, recent raids and deportations decrease strength of today's immigration demonstrations and, on Reporter's Notebook, Sinclair Lewis warned 70 years ago that the US could become an authoritarian state.  A new book says the risk is still with us.

A highly regarded Army lieutenant colonel has exposed a split between younger officers and the military's top brass.  Are "mild-mannered team players" repeating the mistakes of Vietnam in Iraq?  Is there "a crisis in American generals?"  Should Congress intervene?  Also, recent raids and deportations decrease strength of today's immigration demonstrations and, on Reporter's Notebook, Sinclair Lewis warned 70 years ago that the US could become an authoritarian state.  A new book says the risk is still with us.

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Credits

Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Christian Bordal, Karen Radziner, Dan Konecky