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Organized a petition of Hadiya Pendleton. We will also speak to obamas Climate Change policies. I can announce over the next year another 34,000 american troops will come home from afghanistan. This drawdown will continue. By the end of next year, our war in afghanistan will be over. While obama says the war will be over next year, the pentagon says the troops will remain until the 2024. We will speak to activist kathy kelly. And we will speak to aura bogado about what he did not say about immigration. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Preside...

First catholic president but he was the first catholic nominee for president. This dinner, which is a benefit for Catholic Charities here in new york city, has ended up becoming a really important thing in american president ial politics. Honestly, the biggest reason it is really important is because of its timing. There are other dinners like this. The gridiron dinner in washington or the alfalfa dinner or the correspondence dinner. There are other dinners that are fancy politics proms, essentially. Where you get a sitting president or very highlevel politician showing up in tuxedos and gowns...

Video said other clowns played with the lips on the obama mask, and that the whole thing felt like a clan rally. This is ugly and tone deaf, but increasingly, the Republican Party is refusing to listen to anyone except its own carnival barkers. Today republicans voted to boycott nbc and cnn as debate sponsors if the networks dont scrap their Hillary Clinton films. Were done putting up with this nonsense. There are plenty of other news outlets. Well still reach voters, maybe more voters. But cnn and nbc anchors will just have to watch on their competitors networks. Now whether you like the idea...

Oro todd. Go sox. A celebration in boston and horror story politically. President obama faces an angry and fed up public in our new wall street journal poll. Anger over the shut down and the break down of getting things done found its way to the white house. Republicans are not doing any better. The party has terrifying numbers lurking outside their window as well and the leaders are bearing the brunt of the blame. Plus, a house call. Secretary sebelius sits down for apologies and caustic questions from congress. We will hear what the Health Insurers themselves think this is all headed. Good m...

Good morning, im Melissa Harrisperry. This week marked the second of two seismic shifts in the United States military in just over two years. The first was december of 2010 when president obama signed the repeal of the dont ask, dont tell law and ending a policy that mandated shame and secrecy as requirements for service. The second happened on thursday when defense secretary leon panetta joined the joint chiefs of staff chairman Martin Dempsey and made this announcement. We must open up Service Opportunities for women as fully as possible. And therefore today, general dempsey and i are please...