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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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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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]
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Friday, March 19, 2010
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- House Dems Unveil Healthcare Bill as Obama Delays Trip
- Immigration Reform Rally to Be Held in DC
- Report: Israeli PM Refuses to Cancel Settlement Expansion, Offers Delay
- 2 Palestinians Wounded in Israeli Attack on Gaza
- US Criticizes Russia on Iran Nuclear Plant, Holds START Talks
- US Begins New Offensive in Afghanistan
- Report: Blair Tied to Iraq-Linked Oil Firm
- Fmr. Guatemalan PM Alleges Retaliation for Iraq War Opposition in Extradition Order
- Activists Protest Mountaintop Removal Outside EPA
- EPA to Probe How Fracking Impacts Water Supplies
- Oil Leases Suspended in Montana Pending Environmental Review
- 2 Arrested at White House Protesting "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell"
- Arizona Cancels Children’s Insurance Program
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Seven Years of War: On Anniversary of US Invasion, Iraqi Feminist Yanar Mohammed Says Iraq Is No Different Under Obama than Bush
Today marks the seventh anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq. We go to Baghdad to speak with Yanar Mohammed, president of the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq. "Privatization, no security for the working class, much investment for multinational companies," Mohammed says. "We have a democracy which has brought forward groups which are transformations of the first political forces...militias [that are] now politicians...sitting in the Green Zone." [includes rush transcript]
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Cindy Sheehan Sets Up "Camp OUT NOW" in Antiwar Protest
We go to Washington, DC to speak with antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan, founder of the group Peace of the Action, who has set up a camp near the Washington Monument calling on President Obama to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sheehan’s son Casey was killed while serving in Iraq on April 4, 2004. [includes rush transcript]
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Hundreds of Thousands Expected to Gather in DC for Immigration Rights March
An immigrant rights march planned on Sunday is expected to draw over 100,000 people from a broad coalition of groups across the country to call on President Obama live up to his promises and Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform. We speak with members of La Raza and Make the Road New York. [includes rush transcript]
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EXCLUSIVE...Indonesian Forces Tapped by Obama for Renewed US Aid Implicated in New Assassinations
In a Democracy Now! exclusive, investigative journalist and activist Allan Nairn reveals US-backed Indonesian armed forces carried out a series of assassinations of civilian activists in late 2009. The news comes as the White House moves towards increasing aid to the Indonesian military and lifting a twelve-year ban on the training of the notorious Indonesian military unit known as Kopassus. A US-trained Kopassus general who coordinated the assassinations confirmed to Nairn an Indonesian army role in the killings. [includes rush transcript]
