LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Renuncia John Bolton, el Embajador de Estados Unidos ante la ONU
• Comienzan audiencias de confirmación de Robert Gates
• Mueren 30 personas en bombardeos y tiroteos en Irak
• Número de estadounidenses muertos en Irak supera los 2.900
• Annan: La situación en Irak es peor que una guerra civil
• Bush se reúne con clérigo iraquí vinculado a escuadrones de la muerte
• El clérigo chiíta
• Hay cien mil contratistas privados en Irak
• Corte Suprema escucha alegatos en casos de integración en las escuelas
• Manifestante libanés asesinado fue sepultado hoy
• Policía arresta a líder de APPO, Flavio Sosa
• Juez de Oaxaca libera a dos personas vinculadas con la muerte de Brad Will
• Departamento de Estado rechaza conversaciones diplomáticas con Cuba
• Fuerzas Armadas dan golpe de estado en Fiyi
• Infante de marina estadounidense condenado en Filipinas por caso de violación
• Tony Blair insta a nueva generación de armas nucleares
• NASA construirá base permanente en la Luna

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Bolton Resigns As UN Ambassador Ending Controversial 16-Month Term

  
  

  John Bolton resigned as Ambassador to the United Nations on Monday ending a controversial 16-month term. In August 2005, Bolton was a given temporary recess appointment after he failed to be confirmed by the Senate. Last month President Bush re-nominated Bolton but a number of Democratic and Republican Senators announced they would not back his confirmation. We speak with UN expert Phyllis Bennis. [includes rush transcript]

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• Robert Gates’ Former CIA Branch Chief and a CIA Analyst Who Testified Against Him on the Politicization of Intel During Iran-Contra

  
  

  Robert Gates, President Bush’s nominee to replace Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense is facing his Senate confirmation hearings today. We speak with two former CIA analysts who worked with Gates at the Agency. Ray McGovern was Gates’ CIA branch chief in the early 1970s and Jennifer Glaudemans is a former CIA analyst who was asked to testify at the 1991 confirmation hearings for Gates when he had been nominated to be CIA Director. [includes rush transcript]

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• Top Cuban Official Ricardo Alarcon on Castro’s Condition and Cuba’s Future

  
  

  Cuba is coming off the week-long celebration of the eightieth birthday of President Fidel Castro. Castro’s birthday was in August but celebrations were delayed after Castro fell ill with an unspecified intestinal condition. We play an exclusive interview with Ricardo Alarcon, president of the Cuban National Assembly speaking about Castro’s condition and Cuba’s future. [includes rush transcript]

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• Fidel Up Close: Filmmaker Jon Alpert on His Many Encounters With Castro Over the Past 30 Years

  
  

  We speak with award-winning filmmaker Jon Alpert about his many encounters with Castro over the past 30 years and play excerpts from Alpert’s 1979 trip with Castro when he accompanied the Cuban leader on his historic trip to address the UN General Assembly here in New York. [includes rush transcript]

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