Obama: Budget Deal Must Be Reached in 10 Days; US Ambassador's Visit Garners Mixed Response in Syria Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Top of the Hour: Syrian Government Cracks Down, Morning Headlines US Ambassador's Visit Garners Mixed Response in Syria Negotiations on Deficit Continue at White House This Week’s Agenda: Debt Negotiations, Jobs, and Unrest in the Middle East South Sudan Declares Independence Skeleton in Harvard's Closet Comes to Light in 'Unnatural Acts' Top of the Hour: Obama Attempts to Revive Budget Talks, Morning Headlines Democrats and Republicans Aim for Budget Deal in 10 Days America, Women, Soccer, and the Women's World Cup US Defers $800 Million of Military Aid to Pakistan Tunisia: Six Months Later What About the Long-Term Unemployed? DEA Declares Marijuana Has No Medical Use Speaker of the House John Boehner, President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Senator Harry Reid sit before a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on July 10, 2011 in Washington, DC. ( Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images / Getty ) Produced by PRI and WNYC