Tuesday April 3, 2007
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Show Overview

Points of View:
'US Ready to Strike Iran on Good Friday' by Jerusalim Post Staff and the AP
'McCain Strolls thru Bagdad Market' David Swanson
'US senator McCain, on Iraq visit, proclaims crackdown is working; 6 U.S. soldiers killed' by Associated Press
'Afghan War May Be Lost' by Andrew Mayeda
'Taxing Private Equity' New York Times Editorial
'Income Gap Is Widening, Data Shows' David Cay Johnston

Guests:
Gordon Adams
Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University

James A. Paul
Director of the Global Policy Forum

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US Ready to Strike Iran on Good Friday
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Ambrose begins this Points of View segment with a story from the Jerusalim Post 'US Ready to Strike Iran on Good Friday' by Jerusalim Post Staff and the Associated Press.

McCain Strolls Through Bagdad Market
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Ambrose reads from an ThinkProgress.org article 'McCain Strolls Through Baghdad Market, Accompanied By 100 Soldiers, 3 Blackhawks, 2 Apache Gunships' by David Swanson, and the Associated Press 'US senator McCain, on Iraq visit, proclaims crackdown is working; 6 U.S. soldiers killed'.

Afghan War May Be Lost
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Ambrose reads from the Canadian Press piece 'Afghan war may be lost: experts Taliban are back in force, MPS hear. Contradicting military chief's optimistim' by Andrew Mayeda, CanWest News Service.

Taxing Private Equity
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Ambrose reads from the New York Times Editorial 'Taxing Private Equity'.

Income Gap Is Widening, Data Shows
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Ambrose reads from the David Cay Johnston's piece 'Income Gap Is Widening, Data Shows', New York Times: Business Section.

Guests:

Gordon Adams
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Ambrose speaks with Gordon Adams, Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University.

Topic: Bush and the House and Senate Bills setting timetables for troop withdrawal from Iraq.

Gordon Adams is a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. His expertise is in national security policy, policymaking, and resource planning; trans-atlantic defense policy and industry relations. Mr Gordon was also the Deputy Director, International Institute for Strategic Studies, London.

James A. Paul
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Ambrose talks to James A. Paul of the Global Policy Forum.

Topic: New Global Policy Forum Report - War and Occupation in Iraq.

James Paul has been Executive Director of Global Policy Forum since its foundation in late 1993. He is a prominent figure in the NGO advocacy community at the United Nations and a well-known speaker and writer on the UN and global policy issues. He has authored well over a hundred articles and reviews in academic journals, magazines and other print media, and he has written dozens of policy papers for Global Policy Forum. His most recent book is Humanity Comes of Age.

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