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Baghdad (CNN) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporters in Baghdad that his current visit to Iraq will probably be his last.

He has previously announced that he intends to retire sometime this year.

Gates made the comment while speaking to reporters at the U.S. Division-Center headquarters, where he addressed about 200 soldiers from Kansas and Hawaii. He called it "the high point of my trip."

Gates also addressed the possible U.S. government shutdown. He explained that, even if troops didn't get a paycheck due to a government shutdown, they would be paid back.

Differences between U.S. Democrats and Republicans have kept them from reaching agreement on a budget for this year. If there is no deal by midnight Friday, when the current spending authorization measure expires, parts of the government will close down.

"As a historian, it always occurred to me the smart thing for government was always to pay the guys with guns first," he said in response to a query on a shutdown's possible impact.

Earlier Thursday, Gates met with the Commanding General of U.S. Forces in Iraq, General Lloyd Austin, and with the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, James Jeffrey, at Al Faw Palace in Baghdad.

Later, Gates will meet with Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdish regional government, said a senior defense official who agreed to talk on background

Gates message to Iraq's leadership will be "that it is important for them to complete the government-formation process, particularly to get the security ministries dealt with," a senior defense official said.
1. Who was talking to reporters?
2. And what's his title?
3. And where was he talking to them?
4. And what did he tell them?
5. And when?
6. What other issues did he speak on?
7. And what is causing the possible shut down?
8. How soon must they act to prevent it?
9. If they don't prevent it, will all of it be shut down?
10. How much will be?
11. And who did the secretary talk to on Thursday?
12. And?
13. Where?
14. In what city?
15. Will Gates speak with anyone else in the future?
16. Who?
17. What's his title?
18. And will Gates say something to Iraq's leaders?
19. What will he say?
20. According to who?

Numbered answers:
1. Robert Gates
2. Defense Secretary
3. Baghdad
4. he intends to retire
5. sometime this year
6. possible U.S. government shutdown
7. Differences between U.S. Democrats and Republicans
8. Friday
9. No
10. parts of the government
11. General Lloyd Austin
12. James Jeffrey
13. Al Faw Palace
14. Baghdad
15. Yes
16. Massoud Barzani
17. president of the Kurdish regional government
18. Yes
19. "that it is important for them to complete the government-formation process, particularly to get the security ministries dealt with,"
20. a senior defense official

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(CNN) -- Saddam Hussein let the world think he had weapons of mass destruction to intimidate Iran and prevent the country from attacking Iraq, according to an FBI agent who interviewed the dictator after his 2003 capture.

Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in an unknown location in Iraq after his capture in 2003.

According to a CBS report, Hussein claimed he didn't anticipate that the United States would invade Iraq over WMD, agent George Piro said on "60 Minutes," scheduled for Sunday broadcast.

"For him, it was critical that he was seen as still the strong, defiant Saddam. He thought that (faking having the weapons) would prevent the Iranians from reinvading Iraq," said Piro.

During the nearly seven months Piro talked to Hussein, the agent hinted to the Iraqi that he answered directly to President Bush, CBS said in a posting on its Web site.

"He told me he initially miscalculated ... President Bush's intentions. He thought the United States would retaliate with the same type of attack as we did in 1998 ... a four-day aerial attack," Piro said. "He survived that one and he was willing to accept that type of attack."

"He didn't believe the U.S. would invade?" Correspondent Scott Pelley asked.

"No, not initially," Piro answered.

Once it was clear that an invasion was imminent, Hussein asked his generals to hold off the allied forces for two weeks, Piro said. "And at that point, it would go into what he called the secret war," the agent said, referring to the insurgency.
1. Who was the head of Iraq?
2. When was he captured?
3. What kind of weapons did people think he had?
4. Who was he trying to scare?
5. Who did he let interview him?
6. What is his name?
7. How long did the converse?
8. Did he really have the weapons?
9. What was he trying to stop Iran from doing?
10. Who was the US president?
11. What did Saddam say about Bush's intentions?
12. When did the U.S. invade them before?
13. What year did the U.S. attack?
14. Was it by boat?
15. What kind of assualt was it?
16. How long did it last?
17. How did Saddam come out of that?
18. Was he okay with that happening again?
19. How long did Saddam want his people to hold of the allies?
20. What is the secret war?

Numbered answers:
1. Saddam Hussein
2. 2003
3. weapons of mass destruction
4. Iran
5. FBI agent
6. George Piro
7. seven months
8. No
9. reinvading Iraq,
10. Bush
11. he initially miscalculated
12. No
13. 1998
14. No
15. aerial attack,
16. four days
17. He survived
18. yes
19. two weeks
20. the insurgency

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Stephen Hawking was one of the most famous scientists in this century. He was born in 1942. He's a world well-known on space and time. Stephen is researching some very big questions, such as: How did the universe begin? How will it end? Stephen was a student at Oxford University. He studied math and science. Then, at the age of twenty, he became sick. He was so young, but the doctors said to his family, "He has only two more years to live." As a matter of fact, the doctors were wrong---- he didn't die. He can't walk now but he uses a wheelchair . He can't feed himself and get in or out of bed himself. But he refused to give in to the condition. He talks with the help of a computer. After Oxford, Stephen went to Cambridge University. Three years later, in 1965, he became a doctor of philosophy . Because of his serious health problems, it was difficult for him to draw diagrams or to write. So he started to think in pictures. With this new way of thinking, he became one of the most famous scientists in the world. In 1991, he met the Pope in Rome. They talked about his ideas. Then in 1998, he wrote his first important book, A Brief History of Time. It sold more than 5.5 million copies in 33 different languages. He was once invited to China, he impressed us with his self-confidence, humorous and witty conversation.
1. When was it written?
2. What was it titled?
3. How many sold?
4. In how many languages?
5. How old was he when he got his disease?
6. What was his life expectancy?
7. Were the physicians correct?
8. Where was he educated before Cambridge?
9. Who did he meet in Italy?
10. What did they discuss?
11. What fascinated the Chinese?
12. What year did he being attending Cambridge?
13. How did he think?
14. What year did he travel to Italy?
15. Who was born in 1942?
16. What did he refuse to do?
17. What does a computer assist him with?
Numbered answers:
1. 1998
2. A Brief History of Time
3. 5.5 million
4. 33 different languages
5. 20
6. 2 more years to live.
7. No.
8. Oxford
9. The Pope
10. Hawkin's ideas
11. Hawkin's self-confidence, humorous and witty conversation
12. 1962
13. In pictures
14. 1991
15. Stephen Hawking
16. Refused to get into his disease
17. To talk