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Friday, March 5, 2010 at 10:00 am

The President pushes for a final vote on health care. Chile digs out. And top Democrats — Rangel, Paterson — in ethics trouble. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Friday, February 26, 2010 at 10:00 am

The health care summit. Toyota’s apology. And the Afghan flag goes up over Marjah. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Friday, February 19, 2010 at 10:00 am

Marines fight for Marjah. The stimulus one year in. And Senate Democrats lose Evan Bayh. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Friday, February 12, 2010 at 10:00 am

Iran’s new nuclear push. Debt shakes the market. And “snowpocalypse” in Washington. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 11:00 am

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford stepped out very publicly on his wife. Now she’s talking. Jenny Sanford is with us.

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 10:00 am

New Orleans has a Super Bowl victory and a brand new incoming mayor. But how’s the city really doing? We’ll check in.

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Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 10:00 am

With filibuster threats and gridlock, many fear Congress is failing to deliver, just when the country needs it. We look at what’s been called the “broken branch.”

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Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 10:00 am

The President speaks, in his State of the Union address. We’ll get reaction from progressive blogger Jane Hamsher, conservative Pat Buchanan, and you.

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 11:00 am

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, says it’s time to change how teachers are evaluated. We’ll ask her if the union is now really ready to change.

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Friday, January 22, 2010 at 10:00 am

A huge GOP win in blue Massachusetts. Democrats scramble to save health care reform. The Supreme Court unleashes corporate campaign cash. And Haiti suffers on.

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 10:00 am

One year after Barack Obama’s inauguration, the loss of Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat has stunned Democrats. We look at the president, his party, and his agenda now.

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Monday, January 18, 2010 at 10:00 am

On Martin Luther King Day, African Americans speak on race and what’s changed in the first year of Barack Obama’s presidency.

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Friday, January 15, 2010 at 10:00 am

A massive earthquake in Haiti. A China-Google showdown. And Wall Street in the Congressional hot seat. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 10:00 am

CEOs of bailed-out banks testify in Washington on the roots of the financial crisis — as they get set to hand out billions in bonuses. We’ll weigh the testimony.

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Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 10:00 am

The “Tea Party” movement is shaking up the GOP and big chunks of the country. We talk with Tea Partiers about where they go from here.

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Friday, January 8, 2010 at 10:00 am

Two Democratic senators set to retire. Politics in flux, and a top-level security reassessment at the White House. Our Friday news roundtable dives in.

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Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 11:00 am

Jim Wallis, progressive evangelical writer and activist, says the financial crisis is a moral crisis. We’ll hear his case for new values.

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Monday, January 4, 2010 at 11:00 am

Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin didn’t make it to the top. We’ll ask who will, who might, with The Washington Post’s Anne Kornblut, and more.

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Monday, January 4, 2010 at 10:00 am

The year 2010. We’ll look with fresh eyes at expectations and hopes — political, economic, cultural — for the new year.

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Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 10:00 am

Back home from Copenhagen, with a deal that satisfies no one. We’ll talk with those who were there about what happens next.

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On Point Today
Markopolos: ‘No One Would Listen’
Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Harry Markopolos was on to Bernie Madoff early. He went to the SEC, to the press, to investors. No one listened. They are now. We’ll hear him out.

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Beyond ‘The Hurt Locker’
Tuesday, March 9, 2010

The military’s bomb squads that defuse I.E.D.’s in Iraq and Afghanistan. We’ll look at their job, their technology, and the risks they take.

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Recent Shows
Protecting the Global Food Chain
Monday, March 8, 2010

Genetics and the fragile food chain. We’ll look at one man’s struggle to safeguard the planet’s food supply.

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Your Thoughts on Health Care
Monday, March 8, 2010

All the chips are down now on health care reform. The politicians have had their say. But what do you say?

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On Point Blog
IED’s in Afghanistan: Hard Numbers

The Department of Defense provided On Point with some statistics about IED attacks in Afghanistan, where there has been an increase in the use of such weapons over the past 14 months. It’s striking to see the spike in numbers — from 2,677 IED incidents in 2007 to 8,159 last year.

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Christopher Hill: U.S. Troop Withdrawal ‘On Schedule’

U.S. Ambassaor to Iraq Christopher Hill spoke with On Point live from Baghdad today as early voting gets underway, part of the run-up to Sunday’s elections. “So far so good,” Hill said, despite scattered violence. Hill said that the plan to withdraw U.S. combat troops by Sept. 1, and to leave only a residual advisory force of 50,000 or fewer, remains “very much on schedule.” Observers worry that a spike in violence could derail that timeline.

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The Supreme Court’s Radio Silence

For radio listeners, a key element of our conversation about the Supreme Court gun-rights case was conspicuously absent: the audio recording of the oral arguments. Here’s why.

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