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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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, January 9, 2009
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Headlines
- Israel Continues Gaza Attack as Security Council Calls for Ceasefire
- Palestinian Toll Reaches 778; At Least 200 Children Killed
- UN, Red Cross Suspend Relief Work After Lethal Israeli Attacks on Aid Convoys
- WHO: 21 Palestinian Medical Workers Killed in Gaza Attack
- UN: 30 Died in Israeli Shelling of Crowded Home
- Carter: Israel Broke Gaza Truce
- Protests Worldwide Decry Gaza Attack
- Senate Affirms Support for Attack on Gaza
- Kucinich Calls for Probe on US-Supplied Weapons to Israel
- Report: Obama to Hold Talks with Hamas
- 105 Arrested Protesting Oakland Police Shooting of Unarmed Man
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Did Obama Aide Admiral Dennis Blair Lie to Congress?
President-elect Obama is expected to name his intelligence team today: Leon Panetta for the CIA, John Brennan as a key White House adviser, and Admiral Dennis Blair as Director of National Intelligence. Blair, as Allan Nairn reported on Democracy Now!, was implicated in backing the perpetrators of church massacres in East Timor in 1999. Award-winning investigative reporter Allan Nairn reveals new information that indicates he may have lied to Congress. [includes rush transcript]
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As Obama Issues Dire Warning on Economy, a Look at "The Plot Against Pensions and the Plan to Save Them"
For the 50 million Americans with 401(k) retirement plans, 2008 is a year many wish they could forget. Workers saw their 401(k) plans lose between 20 and 30 percent of their value as the Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered its worst year since the Great Depression. We speak with Teresa Ghilarducci, director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, about her new book When I’m Sixty-Four: The Plot Against Pensions and the Plan to Save Them. [includes rush transcript]
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Nothing to Fear: Adam Cohen on "FDR’s Inner Circle and the Hundred Days that Created Modern America"
The current economic crisis has often been cited as the worst the country has seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s. When Franklin Delano Roosevelt took his oath of office in March 1933, over 10,000 banks had collapsed, following the stock market crash of 1929. One-quarter of American workers were unemployed, and people were fighting over scraps of food. We speak with Adam Cohen, author of Nothing to Fear: FDR’s Inner Circle and the Hundred Days that Created Modern America. [includes rush transcript]
