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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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, January 5, 2010
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- Jordanian Double Agent Blamed for CIA Base Bombing
- General Criticizes State of US Intelligence in Afghanistan
- Clinton: Situation in Yemen Threatens Global Stability
- Senate and House Democrats to Forgo Committee Process to Reconcile Health Bill
- Germany Knew Nothing of Alleged CIA/Blackwater Murder Plot
- Israel to Build New Israeli-Only Highway in West Bank
- Israeli Military Officers Cancel Trip to Britain Fearing Arrest
- Pentagon Resisting Obama’s Plan to Reduce Nuclear Arsenal
- New York Lawmakers Rally to Oppose Natural Gas Drilling
- Greenpeace Activists Sentenced for Mt. Rushmore Action
- Annise Parker Becomes First Lesbian to Head Major City
- President Obama Appoints Transgender Woman as Commerce Adviser
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Dr. Atul Gawande on Real Healthcare Reform, Why Solitary Confinement Is Torture, and His New Book, "The Checklist Manifesto"
We spend the hour with one of the most influential health policy writers in the country, Dr. Atul Gawande. He is an associate professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, a practicing surgeon at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine. We speak with him about an influential article on healthcare costs that was cited by President Obama and became "required reading" at the White House, healthcare systems in other industrialized countries, the effect of solitary confinement on prisoners, and his new book, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right. [includes rush transcript]
