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Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, told Jim Lehrer Tuesday that he was pleased with how Iraqi forces handled security surrounding the recent national elections. He also said "The Hurt Locker," a movie about a U.S. military bomb squad in Iraq that won the best picture Oscar, is a good representation of the camaraderie, risk and tension that troops face.
President Barack Obama took on insurance companies during an appearance near Philadelphia this week in a bid to propel health reform forward.
Since the start of the recession, more Americans have been thrust into part-time work either due to economic concerns or because they can't pin down a full-time job.
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Betty Ann Bowser helps decode the debate over health care reform.
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Judy Woodruff explores how young people are handling the economic downturn.
Politico Deputy Managing Editor Tim Grieve spoke with with The Rundown Tuesday about House Speaker's Nancy Pelosi's tough task of getting enough House Democrats to vote anew for politically controversial health care reform legislation and the swirl of allegations surrounding the resignation of Rep. Eric Massa.
In recent months, political populism has been defined by the Tea Party movement and framed by ire aimed at debt and government spending. But populism is a phrase that defies easy ideological pigeonholing, and another view of populism was on display in Oregon earlier this year.
Vice President Joe Biden met with Israeli leaders in Jerusalem and said America's commitment to the Jewish state was "unshakeable." In Iraq, election officials have confirmed that turnout in Sunday's parliamentary elections reached 62 percent.
U.S. military fatalities in the eight-year Afghan war have swelled over the past few years, recently surpassing the 1,000 mark. Kwame Holman takes a closer look at the numbers behind milestone, including how shifting military priorities in Afghanistan have affected the casualty count in recent years.
One month after their convention in Nashville, Tenn., landed them firmly on the political radar screen, organizers and supporters of the tea party movement are hyper-focused on November's mid-term elections for the U.S. House and Senate.
From the raucous Tea Party rallies to the painful sacrifices families are making behind closed doors, voter angst and anger are sweeping the country like a storm. Directly in its path: the 2010 midterm elections.
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As part of Departures, a hyper-local web documentary on L.A. neighborhoods, KCET visited Venice High School to work with student producers. By the end of the first day, students already had blog accounts and were assigned a visualization activity that focused on using images instead of text to communicate who they are.
[KCET in Los Angeles]
Get beyond the main stream media take on the economy with user generated content around the layoffs, career searches, health care, real estate and other economy-related reflections from people like you.
[Public Radio Exchange]
March 8, 2010
President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats have launched a last-chance push for health care reform and will likely use a tactic called "reconciliation" to pass the controversial legislation this year.
