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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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 30, 2004
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Headlines
- Kerry Accepts Democratic Nomination
- Hundreds Protest DNC; Police Arrest 5
- 9/11 Victims’ Families Begin Boston-NYC Peace March
- Pakistan Announces Top Al Qaeda Suspect Arrested
- Census Bureau Gave Homeland Security Data On Arab Americans
- Military To Investigate Soldier in Fahrenheit 9/11
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Kerry Accepts Nomination: Vows to Increase Military By 40,000 & Double No. of Special Forces
Like the speech of his running mate John Edwards the night before, Kerry’s speech could hardly be characterized as antiwar. Rather Kerry criticized President Bush for how he has chosen to go to war. The tone for Kerry’s speech was set when he took to the stage, held his hand up and saluted the crowd and said "I"m John Kerry and I"m reporting for duty." [includes rush transcript]
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Flashback: A Rare Broadcast of John Kerry’s 1971 Speech Against the Vietnam War Before the Senate
Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the young Vietnam veteran says: "Someone has to die so that President Nixon won’t be, and these are his words, "the first President to lose a war... how do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?" [includes rush transcript]
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A July Surprise? Pakistan Announces Arrest of Top Al Qaeda Figure Hours Before Kerry Speech
The timing of the disclosure rekindles controversy surrounding an earlier report by the New Republic that the White House was pressuring Pakistan to produce a "high value target" in July during the Democratic convention. We talk to New Republic editor John Judis. [includes rush transcript]
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Hundreds Protest DNC in Boston; Two-Faced Effigy of Bush & Kerry Burned
On the last day of the Democratic convention Thursday, several hundred protesters wound through downtown Boston and stopped at the iron gates guarding the DNC. They refused to go to the police-sanctioned protest pen which is enclosed in barbed wire fencing. [includes rush transcript]
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DNC Delegate Arrested After Being Refused Entry To Fleet Center
A look at how one delegate went to the Fleet Center to attend the last night of the convention and ended up in jail after being denied entry. [includes rush transcript]
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Democracy Now! Confronts Madeline Albright on the Iraq Sanctions: Was It Worth The Price?
In May of 1996, 60 Minutes aired an interview with Madeline Albright, who at the time was Clinton"s UN Ambassador. Correspondent Leslie Stahl said to Albright, "We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that’s more children than died in Hiroshima. And — and you know, is the price worth it?" Democracy Now bumped into Albright yesterday and asked for her response. [includes rush transcript]
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Democratic National Convention Chair Bill Richardson Questioned on the Party’s Pro-War Stance
Amy Goodman tracks down the governor of New Mexico to question him on the Iraq invasion. [includes rush transcript]
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Kweisi Mfume on President Bush’s Refusal to Address the NAACP
President Bush recently became the first president since Herbert Hoover to not address the NAACP during his first term in office. We asked the NAACP’s president for a response. [includes rush transcript]
