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SUVs: The World’s Deadliest Vehicles?
New York Times reporter Keith Bradsher explains how the auto industry's grip on Congress got SUVs exempted from federal safety, fuel efficiency and pollution requirements. He discusses his expose on these large and potentially deadly vehicles. Plus, former National Security Council staffer, Charles Kupchan explains why the European Union and the emergence of a strengthened Asia pose a serious threat to America’s political standing. Former U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate, Gary Hart talks about ensuring homeland security and his new book Restoration of the Republic.
Keith Bradsher
New York Times reporter Keith Bradsher explains how the auto industry's grip on Congress got SUVs exempted from federal safety, fuel efficiency and pollution requirements. He discusses his expose on these large and potentially deadly vehicles, High and Mighty: SUVs: The World’s Most Dangerous Vehicles and How They Got That Way. Read an excerpt in the Reading Room.
Charles Kupchan
Former National Security Council staffer, Charles Kupchan, explains why the European Union and the emergence of a strengthened Asia pose a serious threat to America’s political standing. He discusses his new book, The End of the American Era: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Geopolitics of the Twenty-first Century.
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Tom Daschle on Fixing America’s Health Care System
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Former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle has accepted President-Elect Barack Obama’s offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. You can hear Tom Daschle talk about his prescriptions for fixing American’s health care crisis on the Leonard Lopate Show in March 2008.
Big Plans for America
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Democratic Congressman Rahm Emanuel from Illinois has agreed to be Chief of Staff under President-Elect Barack Obama. You can hear him on the Lopate Show in 2006 discussing his thoughts on what the Democratic party needed to do in order to succeed.
Barack Obama, Circa 2004
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Listen to President-Elect Barack Obama on the Leonard Lopate Show in November 2004. He had recently won a seat in the U.S. Senate, and only a few months before, his rousing speech during the 2004 Democratic National Convention catapulted him into the national spotlight.
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Sen. Joe Biden on the Lopate Show
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To find out more about Vice President-Elect Joe Biden’s personal and political life, listen to Leonard’s Aug. 2007 interview with Sen. Biden. At the time, the Senator from Delaware was still a contender for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Find out surprising facts about some recent guests on the Leonard Lopate Show. Check out our Guest Picks section! Did you know that football star Herschel Walker loves Judge Judy, Laurie Anderson is a big fan of agility training for dogs, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi likes Johnny Depp?
