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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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We begin with an analysis of the latest Supreme Court ruling as well as the much-anticipated decision on the Obama healthcare reform law. Former White House Council and Associate Deputy Attorney General of the United States, John Dean joins us. A best-selling author, his latest book is “Broken Government: How Republican Rule destroyed the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches”. |
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Then we look into the President’s energy tour and his visit today to Cushing, Oklahoma where the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline he just approved begins. Jamie Henn the co-founder with Bill McKibben of 350.org joins us. He and Bill McKibben have been leading the fight to stop the Keystone pipeline that will carry oil from the tar sands of Alberta, Canada to refineries in Texas. |
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Then an expert on terrorists, Mia Bloom joins us to examine the methods and motivation of the alleged Al Qaeda French/Algerian terrorist who killed three children, a Rabbi and three paratroopers and was shot dead today by a police sniper after wounding three police officers. Mia Bloom is the author of “Dying to Kill: The Allure of Suicide Terror” and “Bombshell: Women and Terror”. |
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| MUSIC: Shorty Long - Here Come The Judge; Xavier Rudd - Messages; Minnesotans Against Global Warming - Drill Baby Drill; MGMT - Pieces of What |
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