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We have Tuesday’s top news… What is President Obama saying now about possible prosecutions over interrogation techniques that he considers torture?  What is Dick Cheney saying about Obama’s decision to release the interrogation memos?  What is Obama saying about U.S. involvement in the Middle East peace process?  What update did Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner give on the economic recovery effort?  How did Wall Street respond?  We have the answers as we bring you the biggest stories for Tuesday, April 21, 2009.

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Just days after saying no CIA interrogators would be prosecuted for their treatment of terrorist detainees, President Obama says some Bush administration officials who authorized the interrogation tactics could face charges.  What should we make of this latest twist to the story?  Is former Vice President Dick Cheney right in saying more documents should be released that show just how effective these tactics were?  What is the impact on our national security and our enemies that this is all public?  We ask K.T. McFarland, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense.

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The government is encouraging private investors to help gobble up and remove the toxic assets remaining on bank balance sheets.  Why do some experts say this is a great investment?  What is the risk?  How much help would you get from the government?  How soon could you make money?  Will the government ever leave you alone once you go into business together?  We ask Bill Bartmann, former CEO of Commercial Financial Services.

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Energy is one of the hottest political topics in Washington right now.  But can Americans really separate fact from fiction on this issue?  From which country do we import the most oil?  Would alternative energies be cheaper or more expensive than our fossil fuel- based system?  Can the system be overhauled in the next decade?  What is the impact of Americans being clueless on those and other energy-related question?  We ask Drew Thornley, author of a new energy report for the Manhattan Institute.

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The Senate Finance Committee has approved the nomination of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to be Secretary of Health and Human Services.  But opposition to to her nomination remains fierce on the right side of the aisle?  Why do many conservatives see her as unfit?  Why do they see her testimony before Congress filled with inconsistencies and misleading statements?  Why is her record on abortion particularly troubling to them?  Should there be a filibuster attempt?  We ask Tom McClusky, senior vice president of FRC Action at the Family Research Council.

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We have Monday’s top news…What is President Obama saying to defend his release of CIA interrogation memos?  What is John McCain saying in response?  How is the White House handling criticism of Obama’s meetings with Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez?  What is Al Qaeda’s #2 man saying about Obama?  Why is the U.S. furious at the Iranian justice system?  What is the president asking of every cabinet department in the government?  What happened on Wall Street today?  We have the answers as we bring you the biggest stories for Monday, April 20, 2009.

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What is the main significance of President Obama’s public meetings with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez?  How is his approach different than previous presidents?  What message is he sending by apologizing to the rest of the world?  What is the Obama strategy?  Will it work?  We ask Frank Gaffney, former Assistant Secretary of Defense and president of the Center for Security Policy.

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Why does the EPA’s decision to regulate greenhouse gases (namely carbon dioxide) mean we will all be stuck paying huge energy bills?  How would the government impose all this even if Congress fails to pass the cap and trade plan?  How long would the regulation process take?  And why would the Democratic energy agenda send us back to the 1850s?  We ask Dan Kish, vice president for policy at the Institute for Energy research.

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President Obama is ordering his cabinet secretaries to trim a total of $100 million from their budgets within 90 days.  What difference would that make?  Is this a sincere move towards fiscal discipline or a PR stunt?  What would real spending reform look like?  We ask Peter Sepp, vice president for communications at the National Taxpayers Union.

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President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton say the U.S. deserves a good portion of the blame for the frug violence happening throughout Mexico because almost all of the guns involved come from the U.S.  Is that true?  What does the evidence show?  Why might the administration be trying to target your guns?  We ask Carmen Mercer, vice president of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps.

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