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Archive for October 24 - 28, 2005
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Monday, Oct. 24, 2005 |
| Hour 1 (11 a.m.) |
 Politics in Minnesota and beyond
To almost no one's surprise Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch officially announces his candidacy for governor Monday afternoon. Hatch joins a host of candidates already campaigning in elections that are more than a year away. Meanwhile, voters in Minnesota's two largest cities prepare to cast ballots in mayoral races on Nov. 8, and the political stew in Washington is thickening as well.
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Guests:
Political analysts Bob Meek and Tom Horner. Meek is a Democrat and Horner is a Republican.
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 Hatch campaign doesn't faze other DFL candidates
Campaign 2006 already very much underway
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| Hour 2 (12 p.m.) |
Finding Home: Fifty Years of International Adoption
In the past decade, the number of foreign children adopted by Americans has nearly tripled to more than 20,000 a year. But international adoption first started exploding half a century ago. "Finding Home" explores how adoption has changed over the last 50 years.
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Web Resource: American RadioWorks
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Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2005 |
| Hour 1 (11 a.m.) |
After Greenspan: Envisioning the Fed under Bernanke
Ben Bernanke, President Bush's nominee to succeed Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve, vowed Monday to carry on Greenspan's monetary policies if he is confirmed. What would the Fed look like if Bernanke takes the helm? What will Greenspan's legacy be?
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Guests:
MPR Chief Economics Correspondent Chris Farrell and Louis Johnston, an economist at St. John's University and the College of St. Benedict in Collegeville. (photo: Getty Images/Mark Wilson)
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| Hour 2 (12 p.m.) |
In defense of Judith Miller
A speech from Floyd Abrams, the lawyer who represented New York Times Judith Miller in her fight to protect her confidential sources. Miller served 85 days in jail for refusing to testify in the grand jury investigation into who outed undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame back in 2003. Miller finally did testify after her source, Vice President Dick Cheney's Chief of Staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby personally released her from her confidentiality agreement.
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Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005 |
| Hour 1 (11 a.m.) |
U.S. troop deaths in Iraq top 2,000
The number of American troops who have died in Iraq hit the 2,000 mark on Tuesday, a grim reminder that the deadliest part of the war has come after the end of major combat operations over two years ago. Now that Iraqis have officially ratified their constitution, will the insurgency start to die down?
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Guests:
Stephen Van Evera, a professor of political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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| Hour 2 (12 p.m.) |
One marine's view of the War on Terror
Nathaniel Fick is only 28 years old, and he has already fought in two wars and published a memoir. Fick offered his perspective on the battle for hearts and minds in Iraq and spoke about his new book "One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer" in a recent appearance at the Commonwealth Club of California.
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Related Links:
Web Resource: Nathaniel Fick's official Web site
Web Resource: The Commonwealth Club
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Thursday, Oct. 27, 2005 |
| Hour 1 (11 a.m.) |
Miers withdraws her Supreme Court nomination
White House counsel Harriet Miers took her name out of consideration for a seat U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday. Miers said she was withdrawing to protect the principle of executive privilege, but she had increasingly come under fire for her lack of constitutional law experience. Some on the right were also concerned that Miers was not sufficiently conservative. What will Miers' withdrawal mean for Republicans?
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Guests:
Vin Weber, a former Minnesota Republican congressman, is the co-director of the Univeristy of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute Policy Forum. (photo: Getty Images/Alex Wong)
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| Hour 2 (12 p.m.) |
Lessons in peacemaking
Peter Wallensteen, professor of peace and conflict reaserch at Uppsala University, speaks about his fellow Swede, former United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, at the Westminster Town Hall Forum in downtown Minneapolis.
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Friday, Oct. 28, 2005 |
| Hour 1 (11 a.m.) |
With Miers out, what happens at the Supreme Court?
Now that White House counsel Harriet Miers has taken her name out of consideration, and with Justice Sandra Day O'Connor once again forced to postpone her retirement, what will happen at the Supreme Court this term?
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Guests:
Daria Roithmayr, a law professor at the University of Minnesota. Roithmayr served as special counsel to Sen. Ted Kennedy from 1990-91 during the confirmation hearings for Justices David Souter and Clarence Thomas.
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Web Resource: Miers withdraws her Supreme Court nomination
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| Hour 2 (12 p.m.) |
Rybak and McLaughlin debate in Minneapolis
Minneapolis mayoral candidates R.T. Rybak and Peter McLaughlin faced off in a debate Thursday night moderated by Midday Host Gary Eichten.
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More information on the debate
Should city officials brace for federal and state budget cuts?
Rybak, McLaughlin spar over transit, public safety
Web Resource: Hear the full-length version of the debate
Web Resource: Westminster Presbyterian Church is the debate's host
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