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Coming Up: EXCLUSIVE: Robert Gibbs, Tom Daschle and Bob Dole on Obama’s Final Push on Health Care

Next week President Obama aims to take charge of the health care debate with a prime time speech to Congress. Sunday, we’ll get an exclusive preview from White House Press Secretary and top Obama advisor Robert Gibbs. What’s Obama’s strategy going forward?

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September 4, 2009 in This Week with George Stephanopoulos, What I'm Reading | Permalink | User Comments (16)

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Tiffany Clay is a hero. --George Stephanopoulos

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April 15, 2009 in Caught My Eye, What I'm Reading | Permalink | User Comments (10)

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How did Goldman make such a huge profit in Q1? They turned December 2008 -- a month in which they lost over $1 billion -- into an "orphan" month. Jeff Skilling would be proud. --George Stephanopoulos

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April 14, 2009 in Caught My Eye, What I'm Reading | Permalink | User Comments (7)

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In Foreign Policy, intrepid New York Times correspondent Jeffrey Gettelman has a bleak take on how Somalia became such a terrifying place. Gettelman hires 10 bodyguards every time he lands in Mogadishu. --George Stephanopoulos

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April 14, 2009 in Caught My Eye, What I'm Reading | Permalink | User Comments (1)

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With Iran's chief nuclear negotiator welcoming talks, Roger Cohen outlines a possible deal. --George Stephanopoulos

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April 13, 2009 in Caught My Eye, What I'm Reading | Permalink | User Comments (5)

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Surprising trend captured by Jon Meacham and Paul Starobin pre-Easter. Jon Lee Anderson gets at the roots of Ahmadinejad's apocalyptic vision and populist appeal -- plus the dilemma facing U.S. policymakers in The New Yorker. Bernie Kerik is back. So...

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April 9, 2009 in Caught My Eye, What I'm Reading | Permalink | User Comments (6)

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Jeffrey Sachs has what appears to be a devastating critique of Treasury toxic asset plan in HuffPost. Details how big banks could game system on taxpayer dime. Treasury response to come. Richard Cohen is exactly right about Summers et al....

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April 7, 2009 in Caught My Eye, What I'm Reading | Permalink | User Comments (13)

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Roger Altman sour on prospects for quick recovery from "balance sheet driven recession.". Predicts second stimulus. Greg Jaffe lifts the veil on debate behind Defense Secretary Robert Gates' Pentagon reforms to be announced today. --George Stephanopoulos

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April 6, 2009 in Caught My Eye, What I'm Reading | Permalink | User Comments (4)

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"Sainthood can work." Stones empower. "Passivity turns victimhood into shame". Gershom Gorenberg's "The Missing Mahatma: Searching for a Gandhi or Martin Luther King in the West Bank" is wise and ruefully optimistic. Read it in The Weekly Standard. B.R. Myers...

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April 2, 2009 in Caught My Eye, What I'm Reading | Permalink | User Comments (8)

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Bank stress tests: Is the government's worst case "baseline" too rosy? David Leonhardt turns to history to set bar for G-20 stimulus. Election over, Netanyahu's Iran campaign begins "Recount redux." Seems like tie elections becoming more prevalent. Any sound academic...

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April 1, 2009 in Caught My Eye, What I'm Reading | Permalink | User Comments (5)