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Issues 08
 
 
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 10:00 am

The last big issue: America’s wars. With one week to election day, we’ll look at McCain and Obama on Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 10:00 am

Taxes, spending, and the huge federal deficit. We’ll dig deep into the McCain and Obama plans, and what they could mean for the country’s bottom line.

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Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 10:00 am

We look at the McCain and Obama visions on the giant issues of energy and the environment.

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Thursday, October 9, 2008 at 10:00 am

We’ll talk with the top advisors to Obama and McCain on the number one issue in the world — the economy, and how to save it.

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Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 10:00 am

The presidential election and the U.S. Supreme Court. Top legal thinkers on what an Obama Court or a McCain Court would mean for the country.

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Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 10:00 am

Economy in crisis — and 46 million Americans without health insurance. We ask advisers to Obama and McCain how each would tackle the health-care crisis now.

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Thursday, September 18, 2008 at 10:00 am

Former Bush Treasury official John Taylor, now advising McCain, and former Clinton Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, now advising Obama, on the way out of this financial crisis.

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 10:00 am

Forget lipstick. We’re talking issues. This time: education, and what Barack Obama and John McCain would offer the country at school.

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On Point Today
Hour 2
Robots Among Us
Thursday, July 9, 2009 image

Robots among us. iRobot CEO Colin Angle on the business and science of robotics now.

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Hour 1
Stimulus, Part Two?
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Debate mounts over a “Stimulus II.” But with talk of a “fiscal train wreck,” can America afford to spend more on stimulus? Top Obama advisor Christina Romer weighs in.

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Recent Shows
U.S. Nuns and the Vatican
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 image

The Catholic Church in Rome moves to scrutinize — maybe rein in — American nuns. We’ll talk with sisters on the front lines.

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Trouble in Honduras
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 image

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya comes to Washington for help. We’ll ask what the coup against him means for Honduras, and for democracy in Latin America.

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On Point Blog
Christina Romer on the Stimulus

Christina Romer, chair of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, joined us in our first hour today to talk about the economy and the debate over whether a second round of stimulus is needed. Asked about Vice President Biden’s recent remarks, that the administration had “misread how bad the economy was,” she replied:  “It’s important to realize [...]

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Ten Minutes with Brzezinski

Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski joined Tom from Washington, D.C. this morning and shared his impressions of President Obama’s first face-to-face meetings with Russia’s leaders. 

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India, China and the Climate

The passage of the House climate bill – discussed in our first hour today – has been greeted with enthusiasm in many quarters. But in some ways, the real question is whether a global framework can be established in Copenhagen in December, when countries will negotiate a new international treaty to curb greenhouse gases.

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