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Thursday, September 28, 2006

It’s Issue 4 in our 2006 election series, 30 Issues in 30 Days: No More Jack Abramoffs! We’ll hear two views and ask if lobbying corruption is mostly a Republican Party problem and whether our legal lobbying system perverts our democracy. Also, a call-in for Afghani- and Pakistani-Americans on Karzai and Musharraf; and the Pirro and Hevesi scandals

Khyber Pass

Murtaza Solangi , broadcaster and producer for Voice of America Urdu Service
- analyzes the meeting between Hamid Karzai, Pervez Musharraf and George Bush

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Pearls of Wisdom

Judea Pearl, father of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped and killed in Pakistan in 2001
- talks about Daniel Pearl's life, work and ultimate death and the new documentary about his life

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Fat of the Land

Sonia Angell, MD, MPH, director of the cardiovascular disease prevention and control program, NYC Dept. Of Health.
- discusses the city's new ban on trans fats

» NYC Dept. of Health

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30 Issues in 30 Days: No More Abramoffs!

Joanne Battise, tribal council chairperson for the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
- on her tribe's lawsuit against Jack Abramoff and associates
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Joan Claybrook, president of Public Citizen, the consumer advocacy group founding by Ralph Nader in 1971
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Stephen Moore, member of the Wall ...

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The Trouble with Hubby

Patrick Healy, Metro political correspondent for The New York Times
- discusses the latest scandals involving Jeanine Pirro and Alan Hevesi.

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30 Issues In 30 Days

The Brian Lehrer Show looks beyond sound bites, and poll numbers, to inform voters on the race for control of congress and New York State in 2006
In the six week run up to the November elections, we'll tackle an issue a day for 30 consecutive programs. Here are ...

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Sonia Angell




Sonia Angell

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Sonia Angell, MD, MPH and director of the cardiovascular disease prevention and control program, NYC Dept. of Health, explains the city's new trans ...

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Paul Begala and James Carville




Paul Begala and James Carville

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The pundits and political consultants, Paul Begala and James Carvile, appear on the Brian Lehrer Show to discuss their new ...

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