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In the wake of the successful pushback against the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood, the Obama administration should listen to the majority of Americans: The United States, including Catholics, is strongly pro-choice.
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Democracy Now! Host Amy Goodman joined a panel of journalists, analysts and academics on MSNBC’s "Up w/ Chris Hayes" to discuss topics of the day, ranging from the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s Planned Parenthood reversal to the Republican Primaries.
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Part 2: "Who Killed Che? How the CIA Got Away with Murder": New Book Ties Johnson Admin to Che Death
In an extended interview, co-authors Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith discuss the life of Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara and the chilling story behind his murder by the Bolivian military. In their book, "Who Killed Che?" Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing. [includes rush transcript]
Watch a 2011 interview with Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón, who is on trial in Spain after right-wing groups objected to his investigation of atrocities committed by supporters of the dictator Francisco Franco. Garzón is known for seeking to indict members of the Bush administration for their role in torturing prisoners.
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Friday, July 11, 2003
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Drilling and Killing: As President Bush Meets with the CEO of Chevron Texaco in Nigeria, a Look at Chevron’s Role in the Killing of Two Nigerian Villagers
President Bush arrives in Nigeria today. As he wraps up his five-day Africa tour, he is accompanied by a large entourage of corporate executives. Front and center are the oil executives. Bush is set to meet with ChevronTexaco CEO and chairman Dave O’Reilly. Other transnational corporations attending include ExxonMobil and Shell Petroleum.
Bush is joined by his National Security Adviser, Condoleezza Rice. Rice is a former board member of Chevron. The company named an oil tanker after her, The Condoleezza Rice.
Nigeria is Africa’s largest oil producer, cranking out more than two million barrels a day. Nearly 750,000 barrels of Nigeria’s oil go to the United States every day. That is eight percent of total US crude oil imports.
A former US diplomat in Africa, Vincent Farley told Cox News Service, "If the US intervention in Iraq does not bring peace in the Middle East, then the US may have to look to other sources of oil." He said, "And Africa is at the top of the list."
Today, we spend the hour with the Democracy Now! documentary Drilling and Killing: Chevron and Nigeria’s Oil Dictatorship. [includes rush transcript]
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Transcript of Drilling and Killing Documentary
