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Background Briefing has a new home at BackgroundBriefing.org.
Please visit and bookmark the new site. You can search show archives here.
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| Meredith Bagby, author of "Government Shutdown is a Culture War, Not a Deficit Battle," discusses the forces behind the budget impasse. |
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| Mansour El-Kikhia, author of Libya's Qaddafi, examines the current NATO actions in Libya. |
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| McClatchy's Mexico City bureau chief, Tim Johnson, talks about protests against the Mexican government's handling of the drug war. |
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| IAN MASTERS GIVES HIS THOUGHTS ON THE DAY'S PROGRAM |
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| Flashback: Tim Johnson discusses his book, Tragedy in Crimson, How the Dalai Lama Conquered the World but Lost the Battle with China. |
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