Gates of Vienna News Feed 5/24/2015

The Greek interior minister says that it is not possible for his country to make its next debt payment to the IMF by the deadline next month; the money simply isn’t there. Greece is looking to make an arrangement with its creditors in order to get the next tranche of bailout money. Meanwhile, the latest polls say that the Greek public supports the government’s anti-austerity policies, but wants to retain the euro as its currency.

In other news, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter says that the fall of Ramadi was the fault of the Iraqi military. According to him, Iraqi forces lacked the will to hold their positions.

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