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We have Tuesday’s top news…What did President Obama say on a surprise visit to the troops in Iraq?  When will Obama’s next Middle East trip be and where will he be headed?  What ruling did a federal judge make today regarding the corruption conviction against former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens?  Which long-serving senator could get a challenge from within his own party next year?  What’s the latest in the Minnesota recount saga?  What ruling did the Supreme Court make today about the admissibility of confessions?  What happened on Wall Street?  We have the answers as we bring you the biggest stories for Tuesday, April 7, 2009.

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Is the new Pentagon budget proposal trimming government waste or showing a failure to make the military the priority it needs to be?  What strategy does this budget show for the war on radical Islam?  Does it show a strategy at all?  What are the facts about the missile defense program that would see a massive spending cut?  What should we make of Obama’s call for the eradication of all nuclear weapons?  And how solid is his strategy for Iraq and Afghanistan?  We ask retired U.S. Army Major General Paul Vallely.

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On Tuesday, state lawmakers in Vermont legalized gay marriage by overriding the veto of Republican Gov. Jim Douglas.  How did the veto happen when the bill barely passed in the first place?  How significant is it that the law changed through the legislative process rather than an activist court?  What is the gay movement agenda in the next three years?  Why are states without constitutional amendments defining marriage legally vulnerable?  And how significant is the District of Columbia’s decision to recognize gay marriages performed in the four states where it’s legal.

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After months of rampant pessimism, American consumers are seeing a brighter economic future in the coming months than they did just 30 days ago.  What has changed in the past few weeks?  Why are huge job losses not weighing down the outlook as much as they did earlier in the year?  What must the government do or not do to ruin a coming recovery?  We ask Terry Jones, associate editor at Investor’s Business Daily, which conducted the poll.

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President Obama is just the latest politician to promise sweeping change in Washington.  But how easy or hard is it to change the system?  How different is government bureaucracy than the private sector working environment?  Why is it so inefficient?  We ask Bill Parker, author of “The Agency Game: Inside the Bureaucratic Jungle”.

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On Friday, the Labor Department reported 663,000 jobs were lost in March and the unemployment rate is not 8.5 percent.  Just how bad is the job market?  Will it get better anytime soon?  What government policies help or hurt an economic recovery?  How real is the inflation fear right now?  And what will the Obama budget really accomplish?  We ask James Shirk, Bradley Fellow in Labor Policy at the Heritage Foundation.

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On Friday the Iowa Supreme Court ruled a 1998 law defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman as unconstitutional.  The decision was unanimous.  What reasoning did the court give?  What options do traditional marriage supporters have in reversing this decision?  Why could Iowa become the start of a legal nightmare over marriage in many other states?  We ask Iowa Rep. Steve King.

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Next year, the 2010 U.S. Census will be conducted.  Right now, the census forms do not classify respondents as legal or illegal residents of the country.  Some lawmakers are trying to change that.  But what are their chances of succeeding?  What is at stake in terms of Congressional boundaries if no distinction is made?  We ask Josiah Ryan, Staff Writer for cnsnews.com.

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The Capitol Steps are back for some Friday fun!  They’re also out with a new CD, “Obama Mia”.  We have the title track for you.  Our guest is Steps star and co-founder Elaina Newport.

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We have Thursday’s top news… What arguments are Republicans and Democrats using in today’s House debate on the Obama budget?  What message did the U.S. Senate issue to the Federal Reserve about the ongoing Wall Street bailout?  What happened on Wall Street Thursday?  Why did it move so decisively?  What did the G-20 Summit accomplish?  How much more spending is being pushed into the global economy?  What action did Congress take today on the issue of tobacco?  We have the answers as we bring you the biggest stories for Thursday, April 2, 2009.

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