President Obama says he does not intend to rush into a new strategy in Afghanistan, but Gen. Stanley McChrystal says we need to implement a new strategy with many more troops soon – or else the mission will end in failure. So what is Obama waiting for? How important is it for him to be decisive and clear about our mission in Afghanistan? What strategy will be most effective? We ask retired U.S. Air Force General Tom McInerney.
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On Sunday, President Obama insisted that forcing people to buy health insurance and issuing heavy fines on those who don’t is not a tax increase. But what does the actual Baucus bill call it? What does the president risk by fighting this semantic battle? What else is taxed in the Baucus plan? And is a co-op really any different than the public option? We ask Ryan Ellis, director of tax policy at Americans for Tax Reform.
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Terrorism expert Daveed Gartenstein-Ross discusses the arrests of three alleged Muslim radicals were reportedly planning a coordinated strike in this country. What sort of attack might they have been planning? Why might the arrests have come too soon? What do we know about these suspects?
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Remember the hundreds of thousands of Iranians protesting the fraudulent elections back in June? Did you know they are still going on? What is driving the ongoing demonstrations? Just how brutally are many of the protesters being treated by Iranian forces? What kind of verbage can we expect at thge United Nations this week from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? And how emboldened is the Iranian regime by the Obama administration’s decision to scrap a missile defense shield in Europe? We ask Alireza Jafarzadeh, the man who first warned the west of Iran’s nuclear ambitions. He is also the author of ‘The Iran Threat’.
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Two Florida educators narrowly escaped jail time this week. Their crime? Praying on school grounds an an event that didn’t even involve students. So how these men end up in court? What was the ACLU argument against them? Why does the ACLU hate Christianity? Was the decision good or bad for the cause of religious freedom and expression? We ask Matt Barber of Liberty Counsel.
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The Capitol Steps – Washington’s premier political parody troupe – examines the military ambitions of Russia.
On Thursday, the House of Representatives approved an education bill booting private lenders out of the student loan business and putting the Department of Education in charge. Why is this happening? Why do Democrats see this as a better system? Why do Republicans find it so troublesome? What will be the impact on jobs? We ask Texas Rep. Mike Conaway, an opponent of the bill.
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Texas Rep. John Carter says he is not at all surprised that a recently declassified Treasury memo shows the typical American family will be paying $1,761 more each year in energy costs and taxes because of the Democratic version of energy reform. When was the memo sent to the president? Why did Obama lowball the additional costs by almost 1100% well after the memo was sent? What impact will it have on jobs? And will it have any impact on the climate whatsoever?
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Arizona Rep. Trent Franks explains why he strongly objects to the president’s decision to cancel the deployment of a missile shield in eastern Europe. Why does Franks think we will be less safe as a result of this decision? Will this really improve our relations with Russia? Obama says he is pursuing a more hi-tech plan that saves money, but does Obama’s plan include technology that even exists? And how much flip-flopping has Obama done on this issue in recent months?
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On Thursday, President Obama announced he was scrapping plans to build a missile defense shield in eastern Europe. The plan was created by the Bush administration to interdict any missile launches from the rogue nation of Iran. So was this a good idea? What will be the impact on our relationships with Poland and the Czech Republic? What should we make of Obama’s more hi-tech approach to missile defense?
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