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U.S. Department of Defense Undersecretary for policy Michele Flournoy says that President Obama’s deadline to have U.S. troops withdrawn from Iraq by 2012 is “conditions-based,” and that those conditions depend on issues like the January elections in Iraq. She says as far as elections are concerned, the DOD believes the current lack of an elections law in Iraq is not reason for concern yet.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the purpose of health care reform is improving quality, lowering costs, expanding coverage and retaining choice for those who like what they already have. According to the Speaker “heath care reform is entitlement reform” and that is “essential” to reducing the deficit. (0:25)

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Former economic adviser for President Clinton Alan Blinder says that Congress, the Obama administration and the Federal Reserve have helped the economy enormously, but it is still in bad shape. He says although GDP is growing, the amount of jobs is still likely to “shrink.” (0:37)

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Mark Zandi, Chief Economist for Moody’s Economy.com, says the current economic recovery is “fragile and tentative” and thinks the risk of the country slipping back into recession is “uncomfortably high.” He believes this because although employers have slowed down layoffs, they have not begun to hire aggressively. (0:25)

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Today U.S. Representatives reintroduced a health care reform model that they believe will make health insurance less costly to the self employed and small businesses. Congressman Ron Kind (D-WI) said that the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Act is a simple concept and believes it’s the right time for it to be implemented.

by Christina Lovato, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service

 

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Correspondent Michael Ruhl’s investigative report into the recent pandemic of piracy off of the Horn of Africa. The report focuses on why the piracy is taking place and what can be done to stop it. It includes perspectives from Somali Ambassador-at-large Abdi Awallah Jama, George Mason University Political Science Professor Hazel McFerson, Maersk-Alabama Captain Richard Phillips, and CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus.

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Joseph Bocchini, pediatrician and chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics, advises parents about children and the H1N1 flu.

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Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Representative Sam Brownback (R-KS) talk about the Cash for Clunkers legislation which will help the auto industry get more cars sold and off the lot.

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Rachel Bishop, National Eye Institute says May is May Is “Healthy Vision Month.”

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Yesterday Energy Secretary Stephen Chu held a pen and pad briefing on the Energy Department’s FY2010 Budget.

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Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) discusses Republican plans to hear from experts and Americans the impact of Democratic cap-and-trade legislation and about “what better solutions would be,” says Pence.

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Sen. Amy Klobuchar on redistributing flood waters between Minnesota and North Dakota.

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Financial expert Peter Tufano of the Harvard Business School speaking at the Brookings Institution regarding savings, credit and banking among low-income households.

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Is this a pandemic? What would that mean?

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Talk Radio News Service speaks with Congressman Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) about the Red River catastrophe and what efforts he is making in Washington, D.C. for North Dakotans. Pomeroy also addresses the H1N1 epidemic and expresses what precautions Americans should take.

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Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) directs question regarding hackers on the web at the Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee hearing on “Cybersecurity:Network Threats and Policy Challenges.”

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) talks with Ron Brownstein of the National Journal at a breakfast on Capitol Hill. Reid, President Barack Obama, and Vice President Joe Biden all said that they would personally support Arlen Specter in his 2010 election. Reid said that support was not conditional.

“I’m not going to be in a forever, never position, but the facts are that [Specter is] going to vote with us most of the time,” Reid said. “I can’t foresee him doing anything that would be so mean spirited that Obama, Biden, and Reid would turn against him.”

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses question regarding Journalist Roxana Saberi sentenced in Iran to serve eight years in prison.

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A typical flu season kill 37,000 Americans. The swine flu, officially known as “2009 H1N1″, may be responsible for up to 160 deaths in Mexico and one infant death in the U.S.

Of those who have contracted the disease outside of Mexico, the illness has been relatively mild. So, what’s the big deal?

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House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) expresses concern at President Barack Obama’s national security approach, and questions the wisdom of releasing detainees from Guantanamo Bay without knowing where they will be sent.

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