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War in the middle east. Tonights debate could not be in more timely. Our debaters also could not be better suited to giving us different points of view. Here below we have john yoo on the left. John, stand up. Jen was Deputy Assistant attorney general for the office of Legal Counsel and the bush Justice Department. John wrote a number of key legal memo supporting bushs post9 11 counterterrorist policies. Then bruce, standup bruce was associate Deputy Attorney general under president reagan and a...

Youll probably hear it a thousand times between this moment and election day. Turn out is going to be low. Nobody comes out for the mid terms. Okay, its a commonplace observation, but is it a verdict . Does it have to be that way . Today on the program a political strategy session. Candidate or party or campaign decided that low level of participation isnt good. Not for them, the party, or the country. Is there really anything that anyone could do about it . Well talk about the tools, techniques...

Yes. Jills book tells the story of a woman who would not be put down. The book paints a vivid pore train of Belva Lockwood. And should gain from her life the public attention long overdo. Women in the public eye nowadays are courted by various archives seeking to be the repository of their papers. Not so in lockwoods time. Piecing together her work and days required the relentless pursuit of a determined sleuth and thats just what jill became in this process. A most persistent detective. In the ...

This is real money. You are the most important part of the show. Tweet me or hit me up at facebook drought come. The fall out for burger king to tie out tim hortons is brewing into a Public Relations nightmare. Dick durbin blasted the 11. 4 billion deal. He said today how disappointed he is in, quote, burger kings decision to renounce its american citizenship. Billionaire investor warren buffet whose company is financing part of the deal is now in damage control over the tax breaks that burger k...

The country tries to get to the bottom of terrorist plots, we come through long and heated debate whether what is now known should ever become public, and now it has. The thrust of the report boils down to this. People were tortured contrary to the repeated assertions that it was worse than people let on, and it didnt work and when responsible branches of the government tried to find out what went on, they were often lied to. The report received today looks at c. I. A. s detention of 119 individ...

The country tries to get to the bottom of terrorist plots, we come through long and heated debate whether what is now known should ever become public, and now it has. The thrust of the report boils down to this. People were tortured contrary to the repeated assertions that it was worse than people let on, and it didnt work and when responsible branches of the government tried to find out what went on, they were often lied to. The report received today looks at c. I. A. s detention of 119 individ...

The country tries to get to the bottom of terrorist plots, we come through long and heated debate whether what is now known should ever become public, and now it has. The thrust of the report boils down to this. People were tortured contrary to the repeated assertions that it was worse than people let on, and it didnt work and when responsible branches of the government tried to find out what went on, they were often lied to. The report received today looks at c. I. A. s detention of 119 individ...

We think thats is on the ballot this time. Host what about his decision about this are important not make a decision on samesex marriage. Host we found that just that we found out to be true. The Supreme Court took up the questions abou about gay marriae Initiative National ruling that recognized the Constitutional Rights are going to me the person they love. What the Supreme Court did makig a ruling this time and allowing all courts tt of red sa what you see over and over is when the doors open...

[inaudible conversations] calling to order the subcommittee of vacations and technology. Good morning and welcome to first hearing of the 114 congress. I can think of no issue within our jurisdiction thats more important to consider at this time in the future of the internet and our responsibility as legislators to set internet policy for the country. Thats why we have put forward draft legislation to provide consumers the protections they deserve while not choking off investment and innovation....

Fiscal problem that is much more severe. So i think the discussions of the dynamic scoring cannot let it us slip into a place where we look the other way and theres a highrisk that some of the decisions we make will leave behind a big fiscal mess. Ive had the misfortune of inheriting fiscal messes and taken great pride in cleaning them up and i think we have to be careful and not create those problems. You spoke approvingly of the ryan murray spending bill that helps us avoid the shutdown but th...