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Archive for June 27 - July 1, 2005
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Monday, June 27, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Let's make a deal: how budget negotiations work
The House, the Senate and the Governor have until midnight Thursday to come to a budget agreement and avert a partial government shutdown. Why does compromise seem to be so elusive? What happens behind the closed doors of special session negotiations?
Guests:
Wayne Simoneau, a longtime DFL legislator who also served in Republican and Independence Party administrations, and former Republican Gov. Al Quie.

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Document Lawmakers frustrated at sitting on the sidelines
Document Capitol Letter: Camp Ripley calls
Document Session 2005
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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Remembering the "forgotten war"
Fifty-five years ago Monday, President Harry S. Truman ordered the U.S. military to come to the aid of South Korea, which was fighting an invasion from the North. It was the start of the Korean War, and nearly 37,000 American troops would perish in the conflict. American RadioWorks' 2003 documentary "Korea: The Unfinished War" tells the story of the conflict that helped define American life and global politics for the second half of the 20th Century.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio After a year of sovereignty, how much progress?
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said over the weekend that the Iraqi insurgency could drag on for as long as 12 years. But in a seemingly contradictory opinion Monday, Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said that two years would be "more than enough" time to establish security in his country. A year after the official handover of power in Iraq, what political and military progress has been made?
Guests:
Stephen Van Evera is a professor of political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Duluth native.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio The human cost of war
War correspondent Michael Phillips says that in all the ongoing controversy over the situation in Iraq, one fact has been too often overlooked: the heroism that war brings out in some military personnel. Phillips' book "The Gift of Valor" profiles a 22-year old Marine named Jason Dunham. Dunham saved his comrades by throwing his kevlar helmet over a grenade, but was fatally wounded, himself.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Metro Transit has new plan with fewer cuts
Bus and light rail fares are going up, but the Metropolitan Council votes Wednesday on a plan that would close fewer bus lines than previous proposals. The Met Council will balance its books by borrowing and is still hoping for a bigger budget from the Legislature. What is the future of public transit in the Twin Cities area?
Guests:
Metropolitan Council Chair Peter Bell.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio State of the black community
Author Kevin Powell says that African Americans need to be empowered, not just economically and politically, but also in the areas of physical and mental health. Powell spoke recently at a forum in Minneapolis named for his book "Who's Gonna Take the Weight?"
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Document The African American Men Project brought Powell to town.
Document Gen X-ers may remember Powell from the first season of MTV's "The Real World."
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Thursday, June 30, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Will midnight bring a partial government shutdown?
Lawmakers have until midnight Thursday to hammer out a budget deal before the state's authority to spend money officially expires. Even without a deal, services deemed essential will continue, but state parks, most highway rest areas and a host of other government functions will cease unless legislators can settle their differences.
Guests:
Pam Wheelock, the senior vice president and CFO of Minnesota Sports and Entertainment, who served as finance commissioner under Gov. Jesse Ventura, Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson, DFL-Willmar, Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Gene Merriam, Department of Employee Relations Commissioner Cal Ludeman, MnDOT Assistant to the Commissioner for Transportation Policy and Public Affairs Bob McFarlin and Senate Minority Leader Dick Day, R-Owatonna.

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Document Agreement on bill funding DNR, state parks reached
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Document DFL takes income-tax hike off table; seeks to kill gambling expansion
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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Shutdown looms as legislators dicker
What impact will the impending partial government shutdown have on human services and education? Is there any chance the shutdown could be averted by an eleventh-hour budget deal?
Guests:
Former Finance Commissioner Pam Wheelock, Education Commissioner Alice seagren, Human Services Commissioner Kevin Goodno, House Speaker Steve Sviggum, R-Kenyon, House Minority Leader Matt Entenza, DFL-St. Paul, and Sen. Ann Rest, DFL-New Hope.

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Friday, July 1, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Sandra Day O'Connor retires from the Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court and a swing vote on abortion as well as other contentious issues, announced her retirement Friday. A bruising Senate confirmation struggle loomed as President Bush selects a successor.

Guests:
Suzanna Sherry, law professor at Vanderbilt University. Political scientist Steven Smith from Washington University in St. Louis.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Sandra Day O'Connor's legacy on the court
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's legacy on the Supreme Court is that of a moderate, who often provided the swing vote in controversial cases. A look back at her legacy through excerpts from some of her recent public speeches.
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