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Newt Gingrich is officially in the 2012 Presidential race.  Does he have a chance?  Will the GOP embrace a candidate like him who has been around for more than 30 years?  What about Mitt Romney?  Can he survive while defending his mandate-ruch health plan in Massachusetts while condemning the one Washington passed last year?  How committed are Republicans to blocking a hike in the debt ceiling without some major Democratic concessions of spending?  And how long will Obama ride the bin Laden bounce?  We discuss it all with John Gizzi of Human Events.

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It’s been nearly 10 years since 9/11 and the man who led the FBI on that fateful day is still on the job.  In fact, President Obama wants FBI Director Robert Mueller to stay on an additional two years.  But just how different is the FBI than it was a decade ago?  How well does it communicate with the CIA and other intelligence bureaus since the reforms post-9/11?  How well is the bureau poised to respond to any emergency in the world these days?  And what has Mueller’s role been in all of this?  We discuss these and other questions with Garrett Graff, editor of Washingtonian magazine and author of “The Threat Matrix: The FBI at War in the Age of Global Terror”.

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Nearly two weeks after the U.S. military took out Osama bin Laden, the Capitol Steps are here to provide President Obama’s real reaction to this major achievement.  Our guest is Steps star and co-founder Elaina Newport.

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Greg Corombos of Radio America and Jim Geraghty of National Review are happy to hear Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl is retiring.  We also wince as Mitt Romney tries to defend his Massachusetts health care plan and we discuss the latest Democratic efforts to demonize Big Oil.

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The big oil companies all get billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies each year, right?  Wrong!  They don’t get a dime, according to Louisiana Rep. John Fleming.  He says the companies do enjoy certain tax breaks and credits – benefits available to virtually every business in America.  So what is this Democratic effort really all about?  What are both parties offering to bring down gas prices?  How would long-term energy production projects bring down energy prices almost immediately?  We discuss it all with Rep. Fleming, a member of the House Natural Resources Committee.

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Earlier this week, President Obama urged Congress to move forward on his version of immigration reform legislation.  And part of his push is his contention that his administration has done everything necessary to secure the border.  But what is the real story on border security and the border fence?  What is the Republican plan?  How important is the fate of the Arizona laws at the Supreme Court?  We ask Arizona Rep. Ben Quayle.  And we also ask Congressman Quayle how lawmakers and national security leaders ought to be bracing for possible retaliation from Al Qaeda.

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Greg Corombos of Radio America and Jim Geraghty of National Review like Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey’s campaign to explain that not raising the debt ceiling would not be the calamity that many people claim.  We also rip the Obama administration and Harry Reid for their thuggish tactics in trying to prevent Boeing from building major facilities in South Carolina.  And we rip apart the credibility of a new AP poll showing Obama’s approval rating at 60 percent.

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On Wednesday, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels signed legislation barring state taxpayer dollars from funding Planned Parenthood in way.  Is this an isolated incident or will other states soon follow suit?  And does this show social conservatives that Daniels can be trusted even though he wants to call a truce on these issues?  We ask Tom McCluskey, vice president of government affairs at the Family Research Council.  We also ask McCluskey about this week’s firestorm over Navy chaplains being permitted to perform gay weddings in states where such unions are legal – and the subsequent order to block such ceremonies.

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How much has partial Pakistani loyalty compromised our military efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan?  Is it possible much of the Pakistani may not have know what other government elements could have been doing to aid bin Laden?  What is the smartest U.S. response?  How real should we consider threats of Al Qaeda reprisals and possible train bombings?  We discuss it all with Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, director of the Center for the Study of Terrorist Radicalization at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.  He is also the author of the forthcoming book, “Why Al Qaeda Is Winning”.

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Greg Corombos of Radio America and Jim Geraghty of National Review like that Wisconsin has taken a huge jump forward in its ranking of states that are most hospitable for business.  We’re also disgusted at President Obama for not telling the truth about border security and for pandering to Latino voters.  And we have some choice words for the son of Osama bin Laden who says the U.S. disrespected his father’s body and has the audacity to say “arbitrary killing is not the solution to political problems”.

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