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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the CIA lied to her and Congress about what interrogation methods were being used against terrorist leaders in custody.  CIA Director Leon Panetta says the CIA version of events is accurate.  So how is the CIA reacting to all of this?  What happens in a classified Congressional intelligence briefing?  How different are the reactions of lawmakers at the classified briefing compared to their public statements?  We ask former CIA Officer Larry Johnson, who slams both parties for using the CIA to further their own political ends.

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We have a doubleheader this week from The Capitol Steps!  The group laments the latest round of dismal projections for Medicare and Social Security in “Tax Your Children Well”.  They also examine Arnold Schwarzenegger’s idea of possibly legalizing and taxing marijuana to raise revenues in “Green, Green Grass at Home”.  Our guest is Steps star and c-founder Elaina Newport.

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Social issues are in several headlines at week’s end.  Why are Americans decidedly moving to the pro-life side of the abortion debate according to the latest Gallup poll?  What do we know about President Obama’s choice to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?  Why should social conservatives be wary of this selection?  And what is the lesson as New Hampshire stands on the brink of becoming the sixth state in the U.S. to legalize gay ‘marriage’?  We ask Wendy Wright, president at Concerned Women for America.

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We have Thursday’s top news…Why is House Speaker accusing the CIA of lying?  When does Pelosi claim she was informed about waterboarding?  What is the GOP response to her slamming of the CIA?  What answer did the CIA give Dick Cheney about releasing additional CIA memos?  What issue was President Obama stressing to a town hall meeting in New Mexico?  What happened on Wall Street Thursday?  We have the answers as we bring you the biggest stories for Thursday, May 14, 2009.

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Earlier this week, we learned Medicare and Social Security are more financially strapped than previously thought.  So how much urgency is Congress showing in addressing these money pits?  What are Republicans proposing?  What are the options?  And how much more dire is the situation given the huge budget deficits being inflicted right now?  We ask California Rep. Buck McKeon.

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Why did President Obama reverse course on whether to release photos of enhanced interrogations?  Will he get a health care reform bill on his desk by the end of July as he requests?  Will Charlie Crist breeze to a U.S. Senate seat in Florida?  Are conservatives or moderates winning the fight for the soul of the GOP?  We ask John Gizzi, political editor at Human Events.  We also get his reaction to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs confiscating his cell phone on national television at Wednesday’s briefing.

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How difficult was it for the the Atlantis shuttle crew to connect with the Hubble space telescope as both orbited the earth?  What work needs to be done on the telescope?  How long and how many spacewalks will it take?  How long does NASA hope the telescope works after this final repair mission?  And is the shuttle in any danger after scratches were discovered on the heating tiles?  We get answers from NASA spokeswoman Kylie Clem.

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On Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi repeated her assertion that she was never briefed an the actual use of waterboarding as an interrogation technique.  She further accused the CIA of misleading Congress at the time waterboarding was happening and said the agency’s memos of those briefings were flawed.  So why is Pelosi squirming so much?  How well did she really understand what was happening in 2002?  Were Democrats far more hawkish behind closed doors than they were in front of the TV cameras?  And what impact do her accusations against the CIA have on the work currently being done by the intelligence community?  We ask former New Mexico Rep. Heather Wilson.  She also explains why she believes President Obama is the last person who should lecture her state or anyone else about fiscal responsibility.

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We have Wednesday’s top news… How soon does President Obama want a health care reform bill passed by Congress?  What is Obama’s explanation for changing his mind about releasing photos of enhanced interrogation techniques?  What did lawmakers hear about waterboarding on Wednesday?  How did senators react after a meeting with Obama on possible Supreme Court nominees?  Why will the Chrysler bankruptcy take longer than Obama suggests?  And what happened on Wall Street Wednesday?  We have the answers as we bring you the biggest stories for Wednesday, May 13, 2009.

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How serious is the liberal effort to end talk radio?  Why would their Fairness Doctrine fail in its goal to bring equal time for all views to the airwaves?  Why do liberals hate talk radio?  And what methods besides the return of the Fairness Doctrine might Democrats employ to accomplish the same goals?  We ask Brian Jennings, National Vice President of Talk Programming at Citadel Broadcasting.  his new book is “Censorship: The Threat to Silence Talk Radio”.

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