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Archive for December 17th, 2009

politics,world

Is it time to get out of Afghanistan?

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Hour 1
President Obama announced in a speech at West Point that that he is sending 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan. He also set a date to begin troop withdrawal – July, 2001. According to polls, about half of Americans say they support the escalation in Afghanistan. But others believe we are fighting an unwinnable war and it is time to get out. This hour, a conversation with two critics of Obama’s Afghanistan policy. ANDREW BACEVICH is a retired colonel and a professor of history and international relations at Boston University. HILLARY MANN LEVERETT is the CEO of STRATEGA , a political risk consultancy.

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economy

Twentysomethings and the recession

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Hour 2
The job crisis is hitting young people hard and some experts say it will hard for them to recover. We’ll talk about the personal and professional challenges of young adults trying to make it in these difficult economic times. Our guests are PETER COY of BusinessWeek, ANDREW SUM of Northeastern University and CHARLES IRWIN of the University of California at San Francisco.

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