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| Three prominent Washington journalists from print, wire services, and broadcast media meet to discuss the week's top stories in the world and nation.
The moderator and panelists analyze the trends, bring listeners 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. |
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| Airdate: 8 Nov 2009 | | | Moderator | Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard
| | Panelists | Tom DeFrank, New York Daily News |
| Richard Wolffe, MSNBC | | Topics | Fort Hood Army Base shooting, the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's unsuccessful diplomatic efforts in the Middle East, the question of security in Afghanistan, and significance of GOP's gains in two governor races - in Virginia and New Jersey. | Listen to this Program: |
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| Airdate: 1 Nov 2009 | | | Moderator | David Aikman, The American Spectator
| | Panelists | Martin Schram, Syndicated Columnist, Scripps Howard News Service |
| Roy Gutman, McClatchy Newspapers | | Topics | U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Pakistan where she questioned Pakistan's failure to locate al-Qaida terrorists, President Obama's decision whether to increase the U.S. troops in Afghanistan, and Iran's mixed signals in response to a U.N.-drafted nuclear fuel proposal.
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| Airdate: 25 Oct 2009 | | | Moderator | Martin Schram, Syndicated Columnist, Scripps Howard News Service | | Panelists | Tom DeFrank, Washington Bureau Chief, New York Daily News |
| Tom Omestad, freelance journalist | | Topics | NATO's commitment to stepping up its effort in Afghanistan, Pakistan’s role in combating the Taliban, Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Eastern Europe to reassure the U.S. allies there of the U.S. commitment to the region, and the Obama administration's decision of pay cuts for top executives at seven companies that received government bailouts.
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| Airdate: 18 Oct 2009 | | | Moderator | David Aikman, Contributing Editor, The American Spectator | | Panelists | Tom DeFrank, Washington Bureau Chief, New York Daily News |
| Martin Schram, Syndicated Columnist, Scripps Howard News Service | | Topics | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to Russia, the ongoing debate over US strategy in Afghanistan, deadly attacks and bombings in Pakistan, Pakistani reaction to the 7.5 billion dollar US Aid package to Islamabad, progress on health care reform legislation, the Dow reaching the symbolic 10,000 mark and the resumption of diplomatic ties between Armenia and Turkey. | Listen to this Program: |
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| Airdate: 11 Oct 2009 | | | Moderator | Martin Schram, Syndicated Columnist, Scripps Howard News Service | | Panelists | Tom DeFrank, Washington Bureau Chief, New York Daily News |
| David Aikman, Contributing Editor, The American Spectator | | Topics | President Obama as recipient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, the White House debate on US-Afghan strategy, Pakistan’s role in combating the Taliban, Pakistan’s reaction to restrictions on a US aid package, and the politics of health care reform. | Listen to this Program: |
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| Airdate: 4 Oct 2009 | | | Moderator | Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard | | Panelists | Richard Wolffe, MSNB |
| MHilary Krieger, Bureau Chief, Jerusalem Post | | Topics | Talks between the world's major powers and Iran in Geneva, results of the German elections, the Obama administration’s debate over strategy in Afghanistan, and the controversy over the arrest of filmmaker Roman Polanski in Switzerland. | Listen to this Program: |
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| Airdate: 27 Sep 2009 | | | Moderator | Martin Schram, Scripps Howard News Service
| | Panelists | Tom DeFrank, New York Daily News
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| Michael Isikoff, Newsweek
| | Topics | Repercussions the announcement by President Obama and the leaders of France and Britain made at the G-20 economic summit of a previously secret Iranian nuclear facility, Libya's leader Moammar Gadhafi spectacle at the U.N.'s General Assembly, and Afghanistan. | Listen to this Program: |
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| Airdate: 20 Sep 2009 | | | Moderator | Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard
| | Panelists | Richard Wolff, MSNBC
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| Tom Omestad, freelance journalist
| | Topics | President Obama's decision to scrap the missile defense bases in Poland and Czech Republic, the US decision to impose tariffs on Chinese tire imports before the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh, the health care debate, and the dilemma over whether US should be increasing the number of its troops in Afghanistan. | Listen to this Program: |
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