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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 previously unreported secret meeting between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich revealed in The Washington Times and speak with Peter Stone who heads the Money and Politics team at the Center for Public Integrity, to determine whether Gingrich, who has helped Romney throughout the Republican primary by splitting the anti-Romney vote, has made a deal with Romney to drop out. Gingrich denies he made a deal with Romney to help with campaign debts or to get a position in a Romney Administration. |
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Then we examine the possibility that Israel has found a way to make an attack on Iran feasible by using airbases in Azerbaijan. An author and historian specializing in foreign affairs and intelligence analysis Mark Perry joins us. He has an article at Foreign Policy “Israel’s Secret Staging Ground” and we discuss whether, after striking targets in Iran, the Israeli Air Force could land and refuel in nearby Azeri airfields. |
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Then finally we speak with Van Jones, the founding president of “Rebuild the Dream” and author of the new book “Rebuild the Dream.” We discuss the 99% Spring in which 100,000 Americans will mobilize to advance economic fairness and social justice at a time when billionaires are buying our elections and conservative “activist” judges are threatening to undo access to affordable healthcare. |
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