Today's Highlights
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Howard Dean & Rep. Moran Lead A Town Hall in Reston, VA
Today
Tonight, watch a LIVE town hall meeting with Rep. James Moran (D-VA) and fmr. DNC Chairman Howard Dean from Reston, VA. Also tonight, a health care town hall meeting with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) from last week.
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Pres. Obama to reappoint Fed. Chair Bernanke, U.S. Deficit to Rise
Today
Earlier today, Pres. Obama announced that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke should serve a second term. The two men made the announcement at a press briefing from Martha’s Vineyard, MA. Also today, the Office of Management & Budget and the Congressional Budget Office lowered their projected deficit for FY 2009 in separately released separate reports.
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Special Prime-Time Programming
Today
Fox News analyst Michelle Malkin asserts that the Obama Admin. encourages an atmosphere at odds with the message of change in her book, "Culture of Corruption." Barbara Nevergold & Peggy Brooks-Bertram compiled letters from African-American women around the country to First Lady Michelle Obama in, "Go Tell Michelle." On After Words, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Wangari Maathai talks about her latest book, "The Challenge for Africa."
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 Starting on C-SPAN2 at 8pm ET
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Recent Programs
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Early official results from Afghanistan show President Hamid Karzai with a small lead over his closest rival. The election was one of the main topics at this daily State Department briefing conducted by spokesman Ian Kelly.
Washington, DC
: 37 min.
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State Dept. Briefing
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The Center for American Progress hosted a discussion on the role of immigration and other so-called wedge issues in modern politics. A panel including Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne looked at how conservatives have tried to use issues like immigration to increase voter turnout among Republicans.
Washington, DC
: 1 hr. 28 min.
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CAP Discussion on Immigration
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took questions on the release of the Pan Am Lockerbie bomber, Iran’s nuclear capabilities, and the Middle East peace process at a news conference in London. This was following a bilateral meeting at 10 Downing Street.
London, UK
: 19 min.
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P.M. Brown & P.M. Netanyahu
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President Obama and his family are on vacation in Martha’s Vineyard for the week. Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton spoke with reporters from the Vineyard. Topics included a new CIA report on detainee interrogation during the Bush administration and the health care debate.
Washington, DC
: 26 min.
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White House Press Briefing
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Local officials from government and law enforcement gathered at a White House conference for a discussion on how the federal government can assist their communities in combating gang violence and other criminal activities. Among the presenters was White House Drug Control Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske.
Washington, DC
: 15 min.
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Gil Kerlikowske on Gangs and Crime
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Sally Satel, author of "When Altruism Isn’t Enough, the Case for Compensating Kidney Donors" and Nick Schulz, Editor-in-Chief of American.com participated in a discussion on the organ donor shortage in the United States. This event was hosted by the American Enterprise Institute.
Washington, DC
: 58 min.
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AEI Discussion on Organ Donors
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In this week's weekly address, President Obama continues to debunk the myths around health reform, and discusses the public option proposal in which many of them are rooted. But he focuses his address on the stark moral and historical turning point at which we find ourselves.
Washington, DC
: 7 min.
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Pres. Obama Weekly Address
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Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), a physician, delivered the Weekly Republican Address on health care. "American's need patient centered reform, not Democrats' costly government takeover of health care."
Washington, DC
: 5 min.
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Rep. Price Republican Weekly Address
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Prior to departing for Camp David, President Obama made remarks from the White House South Lawn about the Afghanistan election.
Washington, DC
: 3 min.
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Pres. Obama on Afghan Elections
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This Week on C-SPAN
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Wednesday at 9am (ET)
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Washington Journal: T.R. Reid, Author, ''The Healing of America''
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Thursday at 9am (ET)
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Washington Journal: Dan Balz & Haynes Johnson, ''The Battle for America 2008''
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Saturday at 10pm (ET)
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After Words: Peter Carlson, author of ''K Blows Top''
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