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Why is the investigation into possible crimes committed during terrorist interrogations a sign that President Obama wants nothing to do with prosecuting an aggressive war against islamic extremists?  Is he really backing down on the terrorist threat to western civilization?  Find out in our interview with Herb Meyer, former special assistant to the director of the CIA and former Vice Chairman of the CIA’s National Intelligence Council.

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With most Americans focused on the health care debate, former presidential candidate and American Values President Gary Bauer says we should also be on guard against a big labor assault on traditional marriage, school choice and the sanctity of life.  So how are the unions a threat to traditional values?  What legislation would give the unions more power?  Will it pass?

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Longtime Democratic insider Michael Lewan says we will see a health care bill passed in the coming weeks, but it will be far smaller and more moderate than most Democrats would like.  Why does he believe the sweeping overhaul is unlikely to happen?  What will get done?  Will big labor really stay home in 2010 if the public option does not become law?  How would all of this impact the 2010 midterm elections?

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Former CIA officer Larry Johnson reacts to the creation of a new group tasked with oversight for interrogating terrorist detainees.  He also explains why he supports a special prosecutor being named to probe alleged crimes committed in prior interrogations – and why he thinks the probe should go all the way to the top of the Bush administration.

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Retired U.S. Navy Captain Chuck Nash reacts to comments from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that the fight in Afghanistan is ‘serious’ and ‘deteriorating’.  How daunting is the mission?  What are the keys to success?  Will more troops really help?  Does America have the stomach for a protracted war?  And could Afghanistan be further destabilized if there was widespread fraud in the elections?

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Jonathan Clarke, a former senior British diplomat, discusses the reaction in Great Britain to the release of the man convicted in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.  How did the public react to the release and to the raucous welcome home for the terrorist in Libya?  Should we believe reports that this release happened to facilitate British oil interests in Libya?  What would be the political fallout of such a revelation?

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What is the health care system really like in nations that experimented with government health care only to watch it devour the entire system?  What are typical stories of patients needing life-saving tests and treatments in Canada, Britain, Australia, Sweden, New Zealand and elsewhere?  What type of care that is easily available here will we we have to wait months for if the Feds take over?  Why are liberal politicians so insistent on demanding a health care system that is proven to be a disaster everywhere it’s been tried?  And is President Obama right when he says the status quo is far scarier than anything in the Democrats’ health reform bill?

You get these answers and a whole lot more in my interview with Amy Ridenour, president of the National Center for Public Policy Research.  Ridenour is also co-author of ‘Shattered Lives: 100 Victims of Government Health Care’.  The book is free you can download it right now at this link http://nationalcenter.org/shatteredlives.pdf

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The Capitol Steps are here for their weekly visit – this time poking fun at Nancy Pelosi and Dick Cheney over what they admit and don’t admit knowing aout the CIA.

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Concerned Women for America President Wendy Wright explains why taxpayers will be footing the bill for abortions even though that’s not mentioned in the health care bill.  And what in this bill suggests the government wants to control the number of children you have?

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Anesthesiologist Dr. Ronald Dworkin says Obamacare would endanger patients and widen the gap in quality of care between rich and poor.  Why?  What problems in the plan would cause these things to happen and why could many doctors be looking to leave their jobs just when millions more people need care?

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