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Monday, October 13, 2008 at 10:00 am

In Afghanistan: violence spiking and grim U.S. military and intelligence warnings of a return to chaos. We’ll look at Afghanistan sliding the wrong way.

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Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 10:00 am

Brent Scowcroft, national security advisor to Bush I — and a sober critic of Bush II on foreign policy. He joins us for a look abroad now.

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Thursday, September 11, 2008 at 10:00 am

Seven years after 9/11, has Al Qaeda achieved its goals? And if so, does America need to rethink its post-9/11 strategy?

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 10:00 am

With Senator Obama in Middle East, we look at what a President Obama’s real options would be in the tough terrain from Israel to Islamabad.

 
On Point Today
Hour 2
Judging Andrew Jackson
Friday, November 21, 2008 American Lion

Newsweek’s Jon Meacham talks about his new biography of President “Number 7,” Andrew Jackson, who broke down the doors of Washington for the common man.

 
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Week in the News
Friday, November 21, 2008 Executive Officer Alan Mulally, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 19, 2008, before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the automotive industry bailout.   (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

All eyes on Obama’s emerging cabinet. The Big Three go begging. Markets keep tumbling. Our news roundtable goes behind this week’s headlines.


Recent Shows
Malcolm Gladwell’s ‘Outliers’
Thursday, November 20, 2008 Malcolm Gladwell

The “Tipping Point” master Malcolm Gladwell talks about the ecology of success and where the super-successful get their edge.

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Unemployment Survival
Thursday, November 20, 2008 Jobseekers look for employment opportunities and work on resumes at WorkSource California in Los Angeles Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Unemployment is rising fast, and America’s social safety net isn’t what it used to be. We talk about surviving the new economic reality.

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On Point Blog
The Party of Obama…
By Jack Beatty

Speaking to Tom in today’s second hour, Stanford historian David Kennedy noted that few would have predicted that the Democrats would nominate the nation’s first African-American president. The Democrats only “came over” on civil rights in the 1960s.

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Listening back on the ‘08 campaign…
By Wen Stephenson

As you count down the hours to the end of this long, long election campaign, if you’re tired of staring at the endless polls and projection maps, here’s an excuse to give your eyeballs a rest and just use your ears for a while.

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Enemies Within…
By Wen Stephenson

Sure, there’s a Halloween sound to our second hour today — a conversation with historian John Demos about his new book, “The Enemy Within: 2,000 Years of Witch-Hunting in the Western World.”

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