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Decision for themselves. how many pregnancies theyre going to have how many childbirths theyre going to have. when they decide to have children, society needs to help support that decision. when a woman decides not to have children society needs to support that decision. were half the human race and were in were an important of building a functioning society. the choice wes make need to not only be respected but supported. thats what employers need to do when women become pregnant and need some ...

People here feel that their freedoms are being curbed more and more. thats the argument critics have been making. when you ask supporters of the president, they say that its actually quite the opposite. the president inherited a state bureaucracy that was full of remnants of the old regime, of the states security apparatus. theyre the ones causing the chaos. theyre the ones that are preventing any type of democratic reforms to take place. every time the president tried to push through any type o...

That kind of rant, versus a conversation is therefore by definition more partisan. whereas i think both are about privileging a particular perspective. when you get to deep local radio where people feel like the reason dwr they can go head-to-head and toe-to-toe with you as a host, youre in their street. not just in their home, at their street, a different conversation. because its a different conversation, the way they contribute to that space is very, very different. thats the power of radio. ...

Collar jobs in the first couple decade of this century. this is an enormously important thing. since this administration has come in to power we have not created a single full time employment job. weve lost millions and millions of jobs overseas. the second thing is the technology has changed the way we do things and so people who understand the technology will end up doing better than the other. >> so you can, and often people do blame globalization, technological change, the information age, t...

gadhafis last stronghold, reaching the heart of tripoli, celebrating on his turf and cnn was on the back of the truck to witness it all. >> amazing. im carol costello. president obama telling moammar gadhafi to face the facts and give it up. the white house already hoping the rebels are ready to lead out on this "american morning." all right. good morning, carol. good morning, everyone. it is monday, august 22nd. this is "american morning." im christine romans. >> im carol costello. ...

Iraq. so by some estimates, although there is more political freedom and freedom of expression, as a government, as a functioning society, it is hard to say that it is better off today than where it was ten years ago from a democratic perspective. there is still a lot of accountability according to different organizations that say the iraqi government has failed to live up to the expectations of the people and to a fully functioning democracy. >> someone who knows iraq well who serves there, we ...