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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Tuesday, April 1, 2008
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Headlines
- Death Toll in Iraq Fighting Reaches 460
- Swiss Bank UBS Loses $19 Billion
- Paulson Unveils Plan to Overhaul Regulation of Financial Markets
- Truckers to Stage Fuel Strike to Protest Rising Fuel Costs
- 59 Percent of US Doctors Back National Healthcare Plan
- Military Considers Recruiting & Hiring Bloggers
- Israel to Build 1,400 New Homes in West Bank & East Jerusalem
- Zimbabweans Await Election Results
- 100 Indian Workers March to D.C. to Protest Slave Conditions
- Pro-Tibet Activists Protest at White House
- Military Issues New Rules on Recruiters on Campuses
- Canada’s Seal Hunt Enters Fifth Day
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"Iraq Has Really Become Somalia...A Collection of Different Militias" — Back from Baghdad, Journalist Nir Rosen Paints a Picture of a Broken Iraq
Independent journalist Nir Rosen joins us in our firehouse studio soon after returning from three months in Iraq, his latest visit since moving to Baghdad to cover the US invasion in 2003. "It’s been propagated by the right and accepted by the left in the US that the surge, which is really an escalation of troops [...] by 30,000 soldiers, somehow brought peace to Iraq," Rosen says. "This is just an absolute lie. Violence has subsided somewhat in Baghdad, that’s true, but it’s not the result of the increase in American troops directly. It’s the result of a few other factors." [includes rush transcript]
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EXCLUSIVE...Bush’s Law: Eric Lichtblau on Exposing the NSA’s Warrantless Wiretapping Program and How the White House Pressured the New York Times to Kill the Story
In a national broadcast exclusive, we speak with New York Times reporter Eric Lichtblau about his new book, Bush’s Law: The Remaking of American Justice. Lichtblau won the Pulitzer Prize for exposing the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program in December 2005. He reveals the inside story of the New York Times’s decision to delay publication of the story for more than a year after intense lobbying from the White House. [includes rush transcript]
