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President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 24, 2012. Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khomenei threatens to retaliate against the West. Feb.03, 2012.  (AP)

Moderator Martin Schram, Columnist for the Scripps Howard News Service, Barbara Slavin, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and Contributor to Foreignpolicy.com, and Tom DeFrank, Washington Bureau Chief of the New York Daily News discuss the Iranian threat and concerns that Israel will attack Iran, the bloodshed in Syria and Mitt Romney as a GOP frontrunner in the race to the White House.

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About Issues in the News

Each week producer Ania 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

David Aikman

David Aiken
David Aikman is an award-winning print and broadcast journalist, a best-selling author, and a foreign affairs commentator based in the Washington, D.C.-area. His wide-ranging professional achievements include a 23-year career at TIME Magazine with reporting spanning the globe of nearly all the major historical events of the time. Since leaving TIME, he has authored ten books.
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.

Fred Barnes

Martin Schram

Martin Schram
Martin Schram has been a Washington journalist, editor and author for more than three decades. He is a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist and appears frequently as a commentator on various television networks. Mr. Schram has also authored five books.
Frequent Panelists

Tom DeFrank: New York Daily News, Richard Wolffe: MSNBC, Olivier Knox Agence France-Presse, Warren Strobel: McClatchy Newspapers, Kevin Whitelaw: Congressional Quarterly, Viola Gienger:  Bloomberg News, Susan Bennett: the Newseum and Hilary Krieger:  Jerusalem Post.

 

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