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A behind the scenes look at the NewsHour's work in Nevada to profile the Asian American population and their impact on the 2012 election. Continue
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Asian Americans are the fastest-growing minority group in the country, according to the U.S. Census. Last year, they surpassed Latinos as the largest group of new immigrants. Continue
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Remarks Mitt Romney made over the weekend in Israel have overshadowed his visit to Poland, where on Tuesday he delivered a major foreign policy speech in Warsaw praising the friendship between the United States and the Eastern European nation. Continue
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Hoping to bolster his foreign policy credentials, presidential candidate Mitt Romney made a stop in Israel during a diplomatic trip abroad. He discussed how he would approach Iran, but he also caused a stir when he made political comments about the city of Jerusalem and compared the economic status of Israelis and Palestinians. Continue
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During his visit Sunday in Jerusalem, Mitt Romney endorsed the use of "any and all measures" by the United States and Israel to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, a threat the presumptive Republican presidential nominee deemed America's "highest national security priority." Continue
Washington Week
Mitt Romney has a rocky start to his overseas trip while the campaigns debate foreign policy and the role of government in private business. Legal challenges facing state voter ID laws. And who is making money from the Presidential campaigns? Joining Gwen: Dan Balz, The Washington Post; Laura Meckler, The Wall Street Journal; Robert Barnes, The Washington Post; Jeanne Cummings, Bloomberg News. Continue
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Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including the effect of decelerating economic growth on campaign politics, Mitt Romney's overseas trip to London, Israel and Poland and recent Republican and Democrat campaign ad strategies. Continue
To The Contrary
Women make up half the world's HIV infection, and adolescent girls are at particular risk. Experts at this week's International AIDS Conference experts call women an 'unfinished agenda' in the AIDS respose and urge action on education and treatment. See what our panelists think on this week's To The Contrary Extra. Continue
FRONTLINE
Las Vegas Sands has insisted for more than a year that it needed approval from Macau authorities to turn over documents sought by federal investigators and a former employee suing the company for wrongful termination. Now, the company owned by the biggest single Republican donor acknowledges that many of the documents have been in the United States all along. Continue
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Mitt Romney traveled to the U.K. this week on a tour to bolster his foreign policy credentials. But Romney stumbled when he made comments doubting London's capability to host the Games. Daily Download's Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz talk to Margaret Warner about what social media users think about Mitt Romney's trip so far. Continue
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World War II ended almost 70 years ago but some Filipino veterans are still waiting for recognition of their services. "We are just asking for fair treatment," Celestino Almeda said. Almeda is one of approximately 4,000 applicants for compensation who were not granted veteran status and are contesting that decision. Continue
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As the fastest-growing minority in the country, Asian-American voters will be courted by political candidates like never before. In key battleground states like Nevada, where Asian-Americans are nearly 10 percent of the population, these votes will be critical in determining the 2012 elections. Hari Sreenivasan reports. Continue
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The majority of Jewish Americans consistently vote for the Democratic Party. So will Mitt Romney's endorsement of key Israeli policies woo Jewish voters at home? Judy Woodruff talks to J Street's Jeremy Ben-Ami and Emergency Committee for Israel's Noah Pollak about which way the Jewish vote is likely to swing this November. Continue
To The Contrary
U.S. Senate candidate from North Dakota, Heidi Heitkamp, sat down with To the Contrary to discuss her run for office, why more women should be in office and what's best for North Dakota. Continue
Washington Week
On the Webcast Extra: In the wake of the CO shootings, the debate over gun control continues. But with little support for it in Congress, will anything change? Also, a look at the relationships between Supreme Court Justices. Plus, local TV stations profit considerably from campaign ads. Continue
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It's been way too long since we last sat in the NewsHour newsroom for the Doubleheader. But the good news is, syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks were reunited this week. Continue
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A challenger who lacks foreign policy credentials doesn't have to match a sitting president's international battle scars. All he or she has to do is appear plausible to the voters as a potential commander in chief. Continue
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Zeke Miller of BuzzFeed, Jon Ward of Huffington Post and PBS NewsHour's very own Travis Daub snapped panoramic photographs of campaign and political events over the last several months. Get a sense of what it would feel like to look around on the trail with these 360-degree images. Continue
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We're 101 days from Election Day, but everyone's looking overseas. The Olympics, played in the shadows of Parliament and Big Ben this year, won't escape American politics, since Mitt Romney is in the country for the first leg of his six-day campaign trip abroad. Continue
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In our tape library, NewsHour uncovered an interview with Mitt Romney from just a few days before the 2002 Winter Games, in which the future Republican nominee reflected on the strife of preparing for an Olympics just one year after the Sept. 11 attacks. Continue
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