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| Three prominent Washington journalists from print, wire services, and broadcast media meet to discuss the week's top stories in the world and nation.
The moderator and panelists analyze the trends, bring listeners little-known but important developments, and add their personal insights to give listeners the "inside" story on what they see and hear in the news. | |
| Airdate: 11 May 2008 | Moderator | Martin Schram, Syndicated Columnist, Scripps Howard News Service | | | Panelists | Don Frederick, National Correspondent, Los Angeles Times | | Kevin Whitelaw, Senior Writer, US News and World Report | | Producer | Anna Zalewski | | Topics | Clinton/Obama race for the Democratic nomination, Burma’s cyclone disaster, the Russian political transition from Putin to Medvedev, and the 60th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel. |
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| Airdate: 4 May 2008 | Moderator | Fred Barnes, Executive Editor, The Weekly Standard | | | Panelists | Tom DeFrank, Washington Bureau Chief, New York Daily News | | Barbara Slavin, Senior Diplomatic Reporter, USA Today | | Producer | Anna Zalewski | | Topics | Controversy over Barak Obama's association with Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Hillary Clinton's gas prices proposal, the politics of the presidential race, and violence in Afghanistan. |
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| Airdate: 27 April 2008 | Moderator | Martin Schram, Columnist, Scripps Howard News Service | | | Panelists | Tom DeFrank, Washington Bureau Chief, New York Daily News | | Don Frederick, National Correspondent, Los Angeles Times | | Producer | Anna Zalewski | | Topics | U.S. claims that Syria was building a secret nuclear reactor with North Korea help, a cease-fire deal between Taliban and Pakistan, and Hillary Clinton's victory in the Pennsylvania primary. |
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| Airdate: 20 April 2008 | Moderator | Martin Schram, Columnist, Scripps Howard News Service | | | Panelists | David Aikman, The American Spectator | | Don Frederick, National Correspondent, Los Angeles Times | | Producer | Anna Zalewski | | Topics | Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the US and the American Catholicism, repercussions of former President Jimmy Carter's meeting with Hamas, and the latest debate between two Democratic presidential contenders - Senators Clinton and Obama. |
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| Airdate: 13 April 2008 | Moderator | Tom DeFrank, Washington Bureau Chief, New York Daily News | | | Panelists | Richard Wolffe, Senior WH Correspondent, Newsweek | | Don Frederick, National Correspondent, Los Angeles Times | | Producer | Anna Zalewski | | Topics | The report on Iraq as presented by General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker before the US Congress, the war and the presidential candidates, the Olympic torch relay marred by protests, and the disputed election in Zimbabwe. |
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| Airdate: 6 April 2008 | Moderator | Martin Schram, Scripps Howard News Service | | | Panelists | Barbara Slavin, USA Today Senior Diplomatic Reporter, currently on leave at the U.S. Institute of Peace | | Tom DeFrank, Washington Bureau Chief, New York Daily News | | Producer | Anna Zalewski | | Topics | Situation in Iraq, the outcome of the NATO Summit in Bucharest, tensions in Zimbabwe over the uncertain results of last week's elections there, and the U.S. |
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| Airdate: 30 March 2008 | Moderator | David Aikman, Contributor, The American Spectator | | | Panelists | Don Frederick, National Correspondent, Los Angeles Times | | Roy Gutman, Foreign Editor, McClatchy Newspapers | | Producer | Anna Zalewski | | Topics | China’s handling of continuing unrest in Tibet, the surge in violence in Iraq among Shiite factions, Pakistani politics and implications for US policy and the race for the White House. |
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| Airdate: 23 March 2008 | Moderator | Fred Barnes, Executive Editor, The Weekly Standard | | | Panelists | Tom DeFrank, Washington Bureau Chief, New York Daily News | | Don Frederick, National Correspondent, Los Angeles Times | | Producer | Anna Zalewski | | Topics | Senator Barack Obama's speech on race in America and its repercussions, the politics of campaign 2008, Senator John McCain's trip to the Middle East, and gains and losses of the war in Iraq on its fifth anniversary. |
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