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With little good news coming out of Iraq, a veteran war reporter argues that the U.S. set itself up for failure within the first months of fighting. Thomas Ricks, author of Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, asserts that the turning point in the Iraq War came with the bombing of the Jordanian Embassy in August of 2003.

The National Marine Fisheries Service is proposing a speed limit for ships entering ports along the eastern seaboard. The goal is to save right whales from being struck and killed. Shipping companies say there is no proof that slowing their vessels will help the endangered mammals.

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) reacted with outrage on the Senate flood Thursday to the USA Today cover story about National Security Agency (NSA) efforts to collect domestic phone call records. Noah Adams talks to David Welna about the reaction to the news on Capitol Hill.

Mexico elects its next president July 2. The race is hotly contested between leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and conservative Felipe Calderon. Mexico's electoral system has long been known for fraud, financing irregularities, and the outright buying of votes. While Mexico has improved dramatically under an independent electoral watchdog, shadows of its past remain. Michael O'Boyle reports.

The U.S. Army releases May recruiting numbers Friday, and an advance report in the Army Times suggests recruiters have fallen short of their goal for the fourth month in a row. Some recruiters have been frustrated by an increasingly anti-military mood in some cities, as Martin Kaste reports from Seattle.

This week the Senate is debating whether to pass a bill that would both raise the minimum wage for the first time in almost a decade, and permanently cut the estate tax. It's a compromise that would give both Democrats and Republicans something each side wants. The House has already passed the bill. Don Gonyea talks to David Wessel of The Wall Street Journal.

The sentencing phase of the Zacarias Moussaoui trial culminates with the jury recommending life in prison for the confessed terrorist conspirator. The jury apparently agreed with many of the prosecution's key arguments, but ended up voting against the death penalty. Formal sentencing by the judge takes place Thursday.

Thousands of people across the country participated in rallies calling for immigrants' rights yesterday including people on both sides of the California Mexico border. KPBS Border Reporter Amy Isackso

A report from the Government Accountability Office says FEMA wrongly paid out nearly $1.5 billion in assistance to victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Congressional investigators found numerous examples of waste and abuse and say nearly 16 percent of monies paid out was unwarranted.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee to urge approval of the Bush administration's latest emergency funding request. The Bush administration has requested $91 billion, mainly to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.