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Saturday May 18, 2013

Issues in the News

Moderator Fred Barnes, Executive Editor of the Weekly Standard, Barbara Slavin, Washington Correspondent for Al-Monitor.com, and Tom DeFrank, Contributing Editor to National Journal discuss the latest efforts around finding a solution to the Syrian conflict, and a rising tide of criticism of President Obama’s leadership amid the Benghazi, an IRS and AP records controversies


Saturday May 11, 2013

Issues in the News

Moderator Fred Barnes, Executive Editor of The Weekly Standard, Hilary Krieger, an editor with the Washington Post’s Opinions Section, and Abderrahim Foukara, Washington Bureau Chief of Al Jazeera Satellite Channel discuss the latest efforts by the top US and Russian diplomats to forge a solution to the Syrian conflict while deaths continue to mount there, and the continued controversy over the September 11, 2012 Benghazi attack on the US Consulate in Libya after the Congressional hearing that reflected the weighty political stakes of both parties.


Saturday May 04, 2013

Issues in the News

Moderator David Rennie, Lexington Columnist for The Economist, Olivier Knox, White House Correspondent for Yahoo! News, and Tim Mak, Defense Reporter for POLITICO discuss the prospect of US military aid for rebels in Syria, the new criminal charges in the Boston Marathon bombing against three classmates of Dzokhar Tsarnaev, and the first 100 days of President Obama’s second term.


Saturday April 27, 2013

Issues in the News

Moderator Fred Barnes, Executive Editor of the Weekly Standard, Barbara Slavin, Washington Correspondent for Al-Monitor.com, and Tom DeFrank, Contributing Editor to National Journal discuss Syria and the growing suspicions that Assad’s regime has used the chemical weapons, the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, and the dedication of the George W. Bush Center in Dallas, Texas.


Saturday April 20, 2013

Issues in the News

Moderator Tom DeFrank, Contributing Editor to National Journal, Tim Mak, Defense Reporter for POLITICO, and Jim O’Sullivan of The Boston Globe discuss the Boston Marathon bombings, the massive manhunt for the second suspect that followed, and the defeat of expanded gun background checks legislation in the US Senate.


Saturday April 13, 2013

Issues in the News

Moderator Tom DeFrank, Contributing Editor to National Journal, David Rennie, Lexington Columnist for The Economist, and Ron Kampeas, Washington Bureau Chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency discuss the nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula, G-8 Summit in London where North Korea and Syria topped the agenda, the gun control debate in the US, and former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s legacy.


Saturday April 06, 2013

Issues in the News

Moderator Fred Barnes, Executive Editor of the Weekly Standard, Barbara Slavin, Washington Correspondent for Al-Monitor.com, and David Rennie, Lexington Columnist for The Economist discuss the growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula, another round of talks on Iran in Kazakhstan, US Secretary of State John Kerry’s diplomatic efforts in the Middle East, and the debate over gun control legislation in the US.

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Moderator Fred Barnes, Executive Editor of the Weekly Standard, Barbara Slavin, Washington Correspondent for Al-Monitor.com, and Tom DeFrank, Contributing Editor to National Journal discuss the latest efforts around finding a solution to the Syrian conflict, and a rising tide of criticism of President Obama’s leadership amid the Benghazi, an IRS and AP records controversies.


 

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About Issues in the News

Each week Anna Zalewski invites three prominent Washington journalists from print, wire services, and broadcast media to discuss the week's top stories.

The moderator and panelists comment on the week’s most salient domestic and international events. Drawing on contacts and sources at the White House and Capitol Hill, the journalists provide unique insights and analysis that go beyond the headlines.  They also discuss little-known but important developments, and add their personal insights to give listeners the "inside" story on what they see and hear in the news.

Meet Our Moderators

Fred Barnes

Fred Barnes is executive editor of "The Weekly Standard." From 1985 to 1995, he served as senior editor and White House correspondent for the "New Republic." He covered the Supreme Court and the White House for the "Washington Star" before moving on to the "Baltimore Sun" in 1979. He served as the national political correspondent for the "Sun" and wrote the Presswatch media column for the "American Spectator."

Barbara Slavin is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center and Washington correspondent for Al-Monitor.com, a website devoted to news from and about the Middle East. The author of a 2007 book, "Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S. and the Twisted Path to Confrontation," she is a regular commentator on U.S. foreign policy and Iran on NPR, PBS and C-SPAN.
 

Barbara Slavin

Tom DeFrank


Tom DeFrank is a contributing editor at "National Journal." He was "Newsweek’s" White House correspondent for 25 years before serving as Washington bureau chief of the "New York Daily News." Tom, who has a reputation as being one of the best-sourced journalists in Washington, is the author of "Write it When I'm Gone," a book about former President Gerald Ford based on 30 years of private conversations with him. He has covered eight Presidents: Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, and Obama.
Frequent Panelists

Abderrahim Foukara:  Al Jazeera, Olivier Knox: Yahoo! News, Hilary Krieger: The Jerusalem Post, Tim Mak: POLITICO, David Rennie: The Economist, Jim O’Sullivan: National Journal

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