On Monday, we learned the U.S. economy has been in recession for the past year? How was that determined? Why did that send investors selling? Why do some economists think the recession announcement really means we’re on the road to recovery? That’s what we ask Maurna Desmond, markets reporter for Forbes.com.
Who is likely to win today’s runoff in Georgia for a seat in the U.S. Senate? How have the campaigns of Saxby Chambliss and Jim Martin changed in the four weeks since Election Day? Is the filibuster a major campaign issue? What is the latest in the Minnesota senate recount? Will we soon have a winner or will all of this get dragged out in the courts? We ask Lou Jacobson, editor of Congress Now, published by Roll Call.
What is the best way to prosecute the war on terrorism over the next four years? Which country is responsible for most of the chaos in the Middle East? How do we effectively confront it? What’s the right path to follow in the Middle East peace process? And should the doctrine of pre-emption be on the table or scrapped for the foreseeable future? We ask all these questions to retired U.S. Army Gen. Paul Vallely.
We have Monday’s top news! What was it like to survive the Mumbai terrorist attacks? What should be the reaction in India and Pakistan? Why is Barack Obama picking Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State? Who else is on his national security team? How long have we officially been in a recession? How did stocks react to that news? We have all the answers as we discuss the biggest stories for Monday, December 1, 2008.
Is Obama’s choice of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state a bad idea given their campaign differences or is he right to say their disagreements were relatively minor? Can Obama and Bush’s secretary of defense actually find common ground on Iraq? And is Obama alienating the most liberal wing of his party by naming a lot of Clinton administration figures? We ask Christina Bellantoni, White House Correspondent for The Washington Times.
Terror gripped Mumbai, India, for days as a small group of islamist radicals stormed hotels, held many people hostage and killed dozens before the horrific episode was over. Who did this? Wht was this predictable? And what now? We ask Karna Small Bodman, former Senior Director of the National Security Council in the Reagan administration. Her 2007 fictional thriller “Checkmate” predicted this group perpetrating terrorism in India.
On Monday, President-Elect Barack Obama nominated Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano as his choice to lead the Department of Homeland Security. What is her track record as governor on border security and cracking down on illegal immigration? What was her approach to bolstering America’s national security? And what can we expect on this from from the Obama administration and a heavily Democratic Congress? We ask Al Garza, Executive Director of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps.
Is there a precedent for the terrorist tactics that played out in Mumbai, India, last week? Why were the actions of a few so effective in killing many people? What lessons should be learned on how to respond to this type of attack? And how high is the tension between India and Pakistan in the wake of all this? We ask these questions to Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Vice President for Research at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
Following World War II, the Cold War immediately dominated the attention of Americans and our leaders in Washington. But in fighting off communism, several sympathizers were discovered working within the ranks of our own government. Wisconsin Sen. Joe McCarthy was at the center of this political storm. But how did the ‘Red Scare” originate? How did McCarthy become the most prominent name associate with the effort to expose and remove communists from high-ranking positions? And were there really a lot of communists working in the government or was McCarthy really leading a witch hunt? Those are the some of the questions we tackle as we visit with M. Stanton Evans, author of “Blacklisted By History.”
In the second half of our interview with author M. Stanton Evans, we hear his insights on the Army-McCarthy hearings, where McCarthy stands in history and what Evans believes should be the legacy of Joe McCarthy.
