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this week. we are talking about what it means for the major party stands on medicare. how will medicare affect your 2012 vote? here are the numbers to call. 202-624-1111 for democrats. 1115 for republicans. lets take a look at how "the new york times" is talking about the implication of medicare on politics. host: lets get right to your calls and see what you have to say about this. how will medicare affect your 2012 vote? caller: i am a democrat, an american first, always. i think tha...

that people are free and they get to consume it endlessly and the provider has the only incentive to provide on volume and the light is greeted that the bill goes somewhere else and a third party pays for it, that is a system i can tell you is doomed to inefficiency or failure. that is much of our government, unfortunately. as a tug of education, health care and other things, we have to reform it with those principles in mind. i was governor and we put forward one of the first performa...

course decision this morning. you can start dialing in now. democrats, republicans, and independents. we want to get your thoughts this morning. we begin with of of los angeles times" front-page story. the supreme court called a crowded prisons in humane and governor brown plans for county jail transfers. it would cost hundreds of millions of dollars to be paid for by tax hikes. that is the "los angeles times." the "washington -- wall street journal" has this. the state system was desi...

congressional race, placing the democrats a slightly ahead. former minnesota governor tim pawlenty, republican, officially entering the race later today. the president is in dublin, ireland this morning, the first stop on a four-nation tour that will take him to england, france, and poland. his remarks yesterday at the apec conference. we want to focus on u.s. foreign policy and ask you this question. how do you think the world views america? america? give us a call. host: "the irish t...

like [inaudible] we cant allow other exciting opportunities. thank you. [applause] >> he discussed this turbulent period with angela sten it. the director for georgetown and eastern european studies. ♪ >> im angela stent. im the director of the eastern youre red flag studies at georgetown university. and its my great pleasure to introduce to you edward kemp. kennedy and khrushchev and the most dangerous place on book. fred kempe is the syria of the atlantic of the united states which...

the reelection campaign yesterday at the womens leadership forum. for our first 45 minutes, well take a look at some sound from the president and the first ladys speeches. we want to open the lines for democrats only for the first 45 minutes. heres the question we want to ask you. as it stands right now, would you re-elect president obama? again, democrats only. here are the lines you can call. those are the phone numbers. e-mail and you can also reach out to us on twitter. heres a sto...

>> yesterday, president obama spoke about the middle east and the goal of peace in the region. the presidents remarks are next on c-span. we will continue the conversation on the middle east on this mornings "washington journal." other topics include defending against chemical and biological attacks and u.s. infrastructure needs. that is coming up at the top of the hour. this june, the balance between security and liberty, the difficulties of the climate change treaty and the limits of...

drones were entering pakistani airspace to keep watch over the osama bin laden compound. the private life, should it impact your vote? their stories about former california gov. arnold schwarzenegger and the imf had as well. we would get your phone calls here. the phone calls are on your screen. let me begin this morning with the "washington post" store. bumpy start raises doubts during a torrid in iowa. in the middle of it all, over the dustup up for his comments about medicare, gingr...

that is very much the downside for the future stability for the region. and if we will embark on a new set of completely different parameters that were working on them. lets hope that as the senator pointed out, the upside can carry things today. logic would indicate that it should. i think we should continue to try to understand pakistani sensitivities and perspectives. and if we need to come to some agreement about what happened or did not happen 10 or 20 years ago. lets get beyond ...

speech about the damage that torture does. and that is that the backs as a matter of record as we now know them are not as a judgment casey just pointed out. the cia got the name of the courier from low-level informant and the accuracy of that name was confirmed by a foreign intelligence service, probably the kuwaitis. and as we heard, we did not learn his real name or age as a result of water boarding are other so-called enhanced interrogation techniques. none of the three prisoners t...