What’s next in Afghanistan?

    President Obama woke up this morning with news of his Nobel Peace prize. Still, what’s kept people awake at night this week is the Afghanistan dilemma and the state of the economy.

    President Obama woke up this morning with news of his Nobel Peace prize. Still, what’s kept people awake at night this week is the Afghanistan dilemma and the state of the economy. All that and reopening the gun control legislation debate, today on What Are We Thinking with Frank Newport, Editor-in-Chief at the Gallup Poll and WHYY’s Dave Heller.

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    This week on What Are We Thinking:

    • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

    – What’s next in Afghanistan?

    – Congressional approval ratings loosing ground.

    – Fear about gun control legislation stirs the purchase of weapons and ammunition.

    – Early predictions about a Republican gain in the 2010 elections.

    – and more.

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