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The Hagel Hearings | TRNN This Week January 27 - February 2
February 2, 2013
The Hagel Hearings
Defense Secretary nominee Hagel squares off against McCain and Lindsay Graham
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#132 Mexican Student Movement Confronts New President
A YouTube video sparks a mass student movement protesting against newly elected President of Mexico Enrique Pena Nieto
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Obama's Immigration Reform Sets Punitive Obstacles to Citizenship
Isabel Garcia: Proposed reforms implies if it was practical, 11 million people should be deported - this tone informs the rest of the proposals
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Syrian Left Opposition Groups Propose Plan to End an Endless War
Omar Dahi: Israel and US want to weaken Assad but don't trust opposition to take power creating conditions for a perpetual civil war
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Parents and Students Demand Nationwide Moratorium on School Closings
"Journey for Justice" activists rally in DC to DOE investigate alleged Civil Rights violations in school closings
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Preaching to the Choir
Jeff Cohen: Illusions about Obama and the myth of the need for bipartisanship are reasons why progressives and liberals must have a vigorous debate - there really is no choir
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Major Cuts Needed to 1.2 Trillion Dollar National Security Budget
Lawrence Wilkerson: Pressure from arms manufactures and politicians protecting jobs make it difficult to have a rational approach to US military budget
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January 30

GM Rejects Talks as Ex-worker Enters 71st Day Of Hunger-Strike
Ex-workers and their supporters aim to pressure GM to negotiate with employees injured at auto plant in Colombia
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Lack of Criminal Prosecutions Linked to Obama and Holder's Wall St. Connections
Dimitri Lascaris: Department of Justice under George Bush secured convictions of major figures from the business community in complex financial frauds and Obama and Holder have not done so following the worst epidemic of financial fraud in the modern era
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Obama, Hagel and the Asian Pivot
Allan Ruff and Steve Horn on Obama's imperial strategy to control the energy resources of Eurasia
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January 29

Obama Admin. Fails to Prosecute Banking Fraud to 'Save the System'
James S. Henry commenting on PBS documentary "The Untouchables": If one of these institutions was indicted and made an example of, it would have a profound affect on the whole industry - but Obama raises money on Wall St.
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Wilkerson: Why Hagel is a Good Choice
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Hagel's nomination for Sec. of Defense is opposed by those who believe that American military power should be used almost as the sole instrument of American policy
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The PLO and the Road to Neo-Liberalism
Raja Khalidi: The credit bubble driving development in the West Bank is not sustainable
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January 28

Filibuster Reform a Bust?
Reformers don't obtain talking filibuster measure, say it's crucial to democratic process in Senate - an institution designed to suppress popular will
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Global Mining and Tar Sands Oil Drive Canadian Foreign Policy
Yves Engler: Harper's right wing foreign policy protects interests of big oil and mining
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Spies and the Media
Annie Machon: Intelligence agencies infiltrate and actively work to influence mainstream media
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Obama: Rhetoric or New Direction?
James K. Galbraith: The positions taken in the Inaugural Address suggest a more serious approach to climate change and a defense of social programs
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January 27

Hamas Stronger as Jihadi Groups in Gaza Support Truce
Since the last Israeli attack on Gaza Hamas is more firmly in control as Jihadi groups agree to respect truce
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Palestinians Preparing to Take Israel to International Criminal Court
Phylis Bennis: With UN non-member state status Palestine can now follow through and take Israel before the ICC for war crimes
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Breaking Up the Big Banks is Not a Solution
Leo Panitch: Global capitalism needs massive banks, but big private banks have the power to prevent regulation and threaten more crisis; the solution is not breaking them up but making them public
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