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Wednesday, August 5 2009

  • The Takeaway for Wednesday, August 5, 2009 (Early Edition) August 5, 2009

    Headlines; Bill Clinton in North Korea; Iranian Inauguration (article)

  • How Bill Clinton Did It: A Guessing Game August 5, 2009

    How Bill Clinton Did It: A Guessing Game (episode)

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    • How Bill Clinton Did It: A Guessing Game August 5, 2009

      Yesterday former President Bill Clinton embarked on a surprise mission to North Korea to negotiate the release of two American journalists imprisoned there. Less than 24 hours later h...

    • Gun Owners Packing Heat In Record Numbers August 5, 2009

      Gun owners across America are carrying guns in record numbers. This June, parts of Missouri, North Carolina, Texas and Utah all saw record numbers of applications for concealed weapon...

    • Rocky Start for Ahmadinejad's Second Term August 5, 2009

      Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was officially inaugurated to his second term as President of Iran today under a dark cloud of voter irregularity and popular dissent. And that dissent is going al...

    • President Obama Working to Keep Indiana Blue August 5, 2009

      During the 2008 presidential election, Indiana turned purple. The formerly solid red Republican state voted for President Obama. Now the President is working to keep the battleground...

    • The Coneheads: Chefs are Rethinking Ice Cream August 5, 2009

      I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Baskin Robbins pushed the flavor profile of ice cream with its 33 varieties; Ben and Jerry upped the ante with cool names and unexpe...

    • The State of Power in Iran August 5, 2009

      Today Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in for his second term as Iran's president. Have the weeks of post-election protests undermined Ahmadinejad's power and status in his own country...

    • Diplomacy: Secretary Clinton's Africa Agenda August 5, 2009

      Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Africa for the Obama administration’s first serious tour of the continent. Jendayi Frazer, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Africa...

    • Redefining U.S. Relations with North Korea August 5, 2009

      Bill Clinton’s brief trip to Pyongyang secured the freedom of two American journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were imprisoned in North Korea. But what does the visit between C...

    • Senator DeMint on the Obama 'Rampage' August 5, 2009

      Last Fourth of July, South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint published Saving Freedom: We Can Stop America's Slide into Socialism. Senator DeMint (ranked by National Journal as the Senate’s...

    • Iranian Paranoia: Is It Justified? August 5, 2009

      Earlier this summer, protests spilled onto the streets of Tehran in the days following Iran's June 12 presidential elections. At the time, some voices inside Iran's halls of power all...

    • Health Care Reform: Protests and Pushback August 5, 2009

      As the debate over health care reform has followed Congresspeople to their home districts, some of the conversations have gotten ugly. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, a Democratic congressman fro...

    • On the Road with the Thomases August 5, 2009

      As the president prepares to speak at an RV manufacturing plant in Elkhart, Indiana, we wanted to talk to some real-life RV enthusiasts about life on the road. The Takeaway is joined ...

    • President Obama and the Clintons: Frenemies? August 5, 2009

      Michael Crowley, a senior editor of The New Republic, joins The Takeaway with a look at the recent adventures of Bill and Hillary Clinton. The couple are dominating the headlines this...

    • Free at Last: Euna Lee and Laura Ling Back in the U.S. August 5, 2009

      Former President Bill Clinton's plane landed in Los Angeles this morning with American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee. The two had been held captive in North Korea after being ac...