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Monday, November 8, 2010
Obama's Economic Plans Face Gridlock In Congress
Republicans are now on top in the House, but the economy's still in a rut. When the new Congress convenes, there will be two very different visions of how to get it unstuck. Guy Raz talks about what's ahead with Greg Mankiw, a former economic adviser for George W. Bush; and Laura Tyson, an adviser in the Clinton administration.
The Sorrows Of Keith Olbermann
Commentator Brooke Gladstone -- host of NPR's On The Media -- finds fault with MSNBC's decision to suspend the host of its most popular show after he made political contributions to three Democrats. "We all know true objectivity is a myth," she says.
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Fledgling Government Awaits Greek Voters' Verdict
After six months of tough economic times, Greek voters cast ballots Sunday in local elections seen as a referendum on the socialist government's draconian austerity measures.
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Sunday, November 7, 2010
Skies Clear for Obama Arrival in Indonesia (ABC News)
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Foreign Policy May Be Obama's Best Hope
Doyle McManus, LA Times
Here's one thing last week's congressional election wasn't about: foreign policy. The campaign was long, loud and polarized, but somehow the fact that the United States is at war in Afghanistan and Iraq — and carrying out bombings in Pakistan and Yemen — went almost unmentioned.That's because voters were preoccupied by the economy, of course. But it's also because foreign policy has been a zone of relative bipartisanship in Washington, an oasis of civility compared with the battlegrounds of economic policy and healthcare.
Here's one thing last week's congressional election wasn't about: foreign policy. The campaign was long, loud and polarized, but somehow the fact that the United States is at war in Afghanistan and Iraq — and carrying out bombings in Pakistan and Yemen — went almost unmentioned.That's because voters were preoccupied by the economy, of course. But it's also because foreign policy has been a zone of relative bipartisanship in Washington, an oasis of civility compared with the battlegrounds of economic policy and healthcare.
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'Client 9' Chronicles Spitzer's Rise And Dramatic Fall
Documentary maker Alex Gibney trains his camera on the former New York governor in Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer. The film profiles the one-time New York governor known as "The Sheriff of Wall Street" until a sex scandal brought him down. And Gibney thinks Spitzer has a shot at a political resurrection.
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