Iraq Moving Toward Biden's Controversial Vision?

WASHINGTON -- In May 2006, at the height of the violence in Iraq, Senator Joe Biden floated a controversial proposal: carve out autonomous regions for the three main ethnic and religious groups - Kurds, Sunni Arabs, and Arab Shi'ites - and give them control of most governmental functions except for the military and oil industry, which would remain under central authority. Biden, the top Democrat on the Senate... [read full story]