Longtime Democratic insider Michael Lewan says we will see a health care bill passed in the coming weeks, but it will be far smaller and more moderate than most Democrats would like.  Why does he believe the sweeping overhaul is unlikely to happen?  What will get done?  Will big labor really stay home in 2010 […]

 

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Former CIA officer Larry Johnson reacts to the creation of a new group tasked with oversight for interrogating terrorist detainees.  He also explains why he supports a special prosecutor being named to probe alleged crimes committed in prior interrogations - and why he thinks the probe should go all the way to the top of […]

 

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Retired U.S. Navy Captain Chuck Nash reacts to comments from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that the fight in Afghanistan is ’serious’ and ‘deteriorating’.  How daunting is the mission?  What are the keys to success?  Will more troops really help?  Does America have the stomach for a protracted war?  And could Afghanistan […]

 

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Jonathan Clarke, a former senior British diplomat, discusses the reaction in Great Britain to the release of the man convicted in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.  How did the public react to the release and to the raucous welcome home for the terrorist in Libya?  Should we believe reports that […]

 

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