October 24 - Succession in Saudi Arabia: The US Ambassador is Pulled Out of Syria; The Ultimate in Corporate Greed

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Part 1	We begin with the succession this week in Saudi Arabia of a new crown prince likely to be Prince Nayef, who is a hardliner close to the Wahabbi religious establishment. Saudi expert Gregory Gause joins us to discuss what influence the current Interior Minister will have on the political future of an absolute monarchy that finds itself increasingly isolated by the Arab Spring unfolding in the Middle East and increasingly drawn into a conflict with Iran, following recent accusations that Iranian agents planned to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador in Washington.
Part 2	Then we discuss the departure of the US Ambassador to Syria, who has been pulled out because of threats from the Assad regime who are unhappy with the Ambassador’s support for the Syrian opposition. Murhaf Joujati, a Syrian-born expert on the Middle East who teaches at the National Defense University joins us to assess the impact of this escalation between the US and Syria and whether the downfall of Qaddafi will lead the Syrian opposition to take up arms.
Part 3	Then finally we discuss the mother of all corporate scandals, outlined in a new book “Retirement Heist; How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers". The author, former Wall Street Journal Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter Ellen Schultz joins us to explain the obvious brazen contempt the top one percent have for the bottom 99% whose pensions are being robbed blind to enrich the already lavish retirements of overpaid CEO’s