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Health Care
Published: 2009-11-22 17:00:00Today on Face the Nation, so it begins. The Senate votes along party lines to debate health care reform--but what are the chances now of a bill before Christmas? Big disagreements remain over taxes, abortion, and just the huge size of the bill. Can majority leader Reid keep the Democrats in line? Will a Republican crossover to help? And what is going to happen with the so-called public option? We'll hear about all of these issues with Republican minority whip Jon Kyle of Arizona, and Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York. Then we'll talk about the uproar over new mammogram guidelines with Doctor Jennifer Ashton, CBS News medical correspondent. I'll have a final word on remembering when a billion here and a billion there added up to real money. But first health care reform--the debate begins on Face the Nation.
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Kahlid Sheikh Mohammed; Fort Hood; Hall of Infamy
Published: 2009-11-15 14:00:00Today on Face The Nation: Afghanistan and the massacre at Fort Hood - Bob Schieffer has the latest with Dana Priest of The Washington Post and CBS News National Security Analyst Juan Zarate. But first, the mastermind of the 9-11 attacks will be tried just blocks from Ground Zero in New York. But should this trial even be happening? Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) of the House Intelligence Committee and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) weigh in. This and more on today's Face The Nation.
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Health Care
Published: 2009-11-08 16:00:00Today on Face the Nation, what a week: An election shakes the Democrats; a tragedy at Fort Hood; and last night: Nancy Pelosi: The bill is passed. Bob Schieffer: The House passed the health care bill. We'll get the latest on all of it as we talk with the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Ike Skelton. Two key senators on defense issues--Republican Lindsey Graham and Democrat Jack Reed-- who also play key roles when the health reform bill gets to the Senate. Then we'll bring in Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democrat of Florida, and Republican political consultant Ed Rollins to talk about the impact of Tuesday's elections on both parties and the health care debate. I'll have a word then on jumping to conclusions about Fort Hood, and I've jumped. But first catching up on the week that was on Face the Nation.
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Afghan Run-off Election
Published: 2009-11-01 15:00:00Today on Face the Nation, one of the candidates in the Afghanistan run-off election has quit--will that delay President Obama's troop decision. Abdullah Abdullah withdrew because he feared the coming election would produce the same king of fraud as the last one--where does that put U.S. strategy now. Can the current government claim any legitimacy. We'll ask the top advisor to President Obama David Axelrod. We'll have that same question for Senator Joe Lieberman who wants more troops for Afghanistan now. We'll have plenty of questions, too, on health care. Then I'll have a Final Word on nation-building at home and abroad. But first, deciding on troops and a strategy on Face the Nation.
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Afghanistan, Health Care
Published: 2009-10-25 13:00:00Today on Face the Nation: McCain-Feingold...together again, but this time on opposite sides. Democratic Senator Russ Feingold and Republican Senator John McCain have written so much campaign finance legislation together that "McCain-Feingold" has almost become a brand name for reform. But on Afghanistan and health care reform they find themselves on opposite sides. McCain wants more troops in Afghanistan now; Feingold wants to draw down our forces there. On health care Feingold wants a government run insurance program; McCain says 'no-way'. We''ll get both sides and a fix on where these debates are going, and we'll have a last word on first ladies. But first, deciding on Afghanistan, on Face The Nation.
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Rahm Emanuel on Afghanistan
Published: 2009-10-18 16:00:00Today on Face the Nation: White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel on Afghanistan, Health care and the economy. Plus, John Kerry, from Afghanistan. President Obama is only weeks away from announcing whether he'll send thousands more troops to Afghanistan. Could concerns over the unstable government there delay that decision? Will he change strategy? And does the President have to step up his efforts on health care reform? We'll ask his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel. We'll get reaction from Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas. AND we'll talk to Senator John Kerry, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, who's in Kabul, Afghanistan. But first, White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, on Face the Nation.
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Afghanistan, War, Obama
Published: 2009-10-11 14:00:00Today on Face the Nation, President Obama meets with his war council. Will he send more Americans to Afghanistan? As the violence grows in Afganistan and Pakistan, the President may be approaching a defining moment in his presidency. Should he take General Stanley Mcchrystal's advice and order more Americans into the war zone, or do we change strategy entirely? We'll ask the minority leader in the Senate, Republican Mitch McConnell, and Democratic Senator Jack Reed of the Armed Services Committee. Then we'll get analysis and perspective from Michael O' Hanlon of the Brookings Institution and David Ignatius of the Washington Post. Then host Bob Schieffer will have a final word on the President's October Surprise. But first, the battle for Afghanistan on Face The Nation.
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Troops in Afghanistan
Published: 2009-10-04 14:00:00CBS News Correspondent Harry Smith hosts "Face the Nation." Should the United States send thousands more troops to Afghanistan? General Stanley McChrystal wants forty thousand more troops to continue the counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan. Is he going to get them? Or is there a better way to fight the war there? And is the administration rethinking the whole idea of why we're in Afghanistan? We'll talk first with President Obama's National Security Advisor General James Jones. Then we'll bring in the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee Carl Levin of Michigan and the House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skeleton of Missouri who have very different ideas about all of this. And we'll talk to the retired general who was once responsible for Afghanistan, Anthony Zinni. I'll have a final word about the end of the world, it didn't happen and we'll have details. But first National Security Advisor Jim Jones on Face the Nation.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Published: 2009-09-27 14:00:00CBS News Correspondent Harry Smith hosts "Face the Nation." Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the new threat from Iran and the question of more troops for Afghanistan. Last week the United States divulged a new Iranian nuclear site. Is it built for war or peace? Is Iran headed toward crippling sanctions? Are Russia and China on board? And when will President Obama decide on whether to send more troops to Afghanistan? We'll ask Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Then we'll get reaction from Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina and member of the Armed Services Committee.
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President Obama
Published: 2009-09-20 13:00:00CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer hosts "Face the Nation." The President is all over TV this morning morning..including right here. President Obama took the unprecedented step of recording interviews with five Sunday talk programs (Friday) including Face the Nation. We'll have that interview in a moment and we'll get reaction from the chairman of the Republican National Committee Michael Steele.
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