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While we try to figure out what to buy our loved ones for Christmas, millions of poverty-stricken kids around the world will get nothing this holiday season. That’s where you and Operation Christmas Child come in! Now in its 15th year, Operation Christmas Child asks adults and children around the world to fill an old shoebox with simple gifts that will be treasured by those who receive them. So what should you put in the shoebox? Where will they go? And what is the message going with your gifts? We talk with Randy Riddle, Director of U.S. Operations for Operation Christmas Child.

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We have Tuesday’s top news…Tuesday’s numbers from Wall Street…What was and what wasn’t discussed between Bush and Obama on Monday…Increasing Democratic pressure for an economic stimulus package…and remarks from President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney on Veterans Day 2008.  We discuss these issues and more as we cover the biggest stories for Tuesday, November 11, 2008.

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We have Tuesday’s top news…Tuesday’s numbers from Wall Street…What was and what wasn’t discussed between Bush and Obama on Monday…Increasing Democratic pressure for an economic stimulus package…and remarks from President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney on Veterans Day 2008. We discuss these issues and more as we cover the biggest stories for Tuesday, November 11, 2008.

Veteran’s Day was originally known as Armistice Day – to note the end of World War I on November 11, 1918.  What should all Americans know about that conflict?  Why do most people know so little about it?  How did the war change the map, the world and America’s role in the world?  We ask Dr. Tom Conner, Professor of History at Hillsdale College, where he holds the William P. Harris Chair in Military History.

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After months of recording growing pessimism and unease about our economy, the latest survey from Investors Business Daily shows a surge in optimism both for our nation’s economic outlook and at your own kitchen table.  Why the major shift?  What can we learn from the most optimistic groups?  We ask Terry Jones, Associate Editor at Investor’s Business Daily.

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Veteran’s Day was originally known as Armistice Day – to note the end of World War I on November 11, 1918. What should all Americans know about that conflict? Why do most people know so little about it? How did the war change the map, the world and America’s role in the world? We ask Dr. Tom Conner, Professor of History at Hillsdale College, where he holds the William P. Harris Chair in Military History.

After months of recording growing pessimism and unease about our economy, the latest survey from Investors Business Daily shows a surge in optimism both for our nation’s economic outlook and at your own kitchen table. Why the major shift? What can we learn from the most optimistic groups? We ask Terry Jones, Associate Editor at Investor’s Business Daily.

The Minnesota race for U.S. Senate remains a cliffhanger and will not be resolved for weeks.  So how does this process play out?  Why has Franken picked up so many more votes than usual in the recanvassing of the state?  Is anything illegal happening?  And what kind of oversight is happening to make sure the recount proceeds fairly?  We ask former Minnesota Rep. Vin Weber.

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The Minnesota race for U.S. Senate remains a cliffhanger and will not be resolved for weeks. So how does this process play out? Why has Franken picked up so many more votes than usual in the recanvassing of the state? Is anything illegal happening? And what kind of oversight is happening to make sure the recount proceeds fairly? We ask former Minnesota Rep. Vin Weber.

How would Barack Obama change the government’s funding policies towards embryonic stem cell research?  How might he and Congressional Democrats strip all abortion restrictions such as parental notification or even permitting doctors opposed to abortion the right to refuse conducting them?  How do conservatives confront the liberal argument that they are anti-science?  We ask Dr Yuval Levin, former Executive Director of the President’s Council on Bioethics and author of “Imagining the Future: Science and American Democracy”.

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