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Closing Guantanamo: Established Systems Can Handle Terrorists

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:07:00 GMT

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/12/proven_path.html After nearly seven years of constant controversy, it certainly looks like Guantnamo's days are numbered after President-elect Obama reiterated his campaign pledge to close the prison camp at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantnamo Bay, Cuba. The debate has now shifted away from the simple argument about whether it should be closed and now focuses on how the Obama administration will actually do it. Major decisions remain on whether to keep, modify, or scrap trial by military commissions, leading to further questions about when, how, where, and even if some detainees can be put on trial. Serious obstacles loom in the path of any effort to transfer other detainees back to their native countries as some can not simply be sent back home and little progress has been made to date finding other countries willing to accept them. Our distinguished panel, each of whom have authored reports on closing Guantnamo, discussed these and other challenges facing the incoming Obama administration. Featured Speakers: Ken Gude, Associate Director, International Rights and Responsibilities, Center for American Progress Elisa Massimino, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, Human Rights First Dr. Sarah E. Mendelson, Director of the Human Rights and Security Initiative, Center for Strategic and International Studies Moderated by: Rudy deLeon, Senior Vice President for National Security and International Policy, Center for American Progress

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Change for America: A Progressive Blueprint for the 44th President Part 1

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:48:09 GMT

http://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/2008/changeforamerica/ Change for America: A Progressive Blueprint for the 44th President is a framework to help the next administration steer the government in a new, more progressive direction. In conjunction with the release, we are hosting a series of exciting panels on economic policy, national security, democracy, and climate change led by the authors of the book. Read About the book and download online exclusive chapters thru the link above.

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Tags : america, american, blueprint, change, debt, economy, energy, environment, for, money, obama, president, progress, progressive, security, stimulus

Change for America: A Progressive Blueprint for the 44th President Part 2

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:48:08 GMT

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Tags : america, american, cap, care, climate, congress, debt, deficit, economy, energy, environment, finance, health, house, iraq, obama, president, progress, progressive, security, war, white

Conservatives Dominate Talk Radio - CAP's Palmieri on FNC

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:18:00 GMT

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/06/talk_radio.html Despite the dramatic expansion of viewing and listening options for consumers today, traditional radio remains one of the most widely used media formats in America. Arbitron, the national radio ratings company, reports that more than 90 percent of Americans ages 12 or older listen to radio each week, ?a higher penetration than television, magazines, newspapers, or the Internet.? Although listening hours have declined slightly in recent years, Americans listened on average to 19 hours of radio per week in 2006. Among radio formats, the combined news/talk format (which includes news/talk/information and talk/personality) leads all others in terms of the total number of stations per format and trails only country music in terms of national audience share. Through more than 1,700 stations across the nation, the combined news/talk format is estimated to reach more than 50 million listeners each week. Conservative talk radio undeniably dominates the format: * Our analysis in the spring of 2007 of the 257 news/talk stations owned by the top five commercial station owners reveals that 91 percent of the total weekday talk radio programming is conservative, and 9 percent is progressive. * Each weekday, 2,570 hours and 15 minutes of conservative talk are broadcast on these stations compared to 254 hours of progressive talk?10 times as much conservative talk as progressive talk. * A separate analysis of all of the news/talk stations in the top 10 radio markets reveals that 76 percent of the programming in these markets is conservative and 24 percent is progressive, although programming is more balanced in markets such as New York and Chicago. This dynamic is repeated over and over again no matter how the data is analyzed, whether one looks at the number of stations, number of hours, power of stations, or the number of programs. While progressive talk is making inroads on commercial stations, conservative talk

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The U.S. & The 2008 Beijing Olympics -ASK THE EXPERT- Winny Chen

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:05:15 GMT

What should we expect when the Olympic torch finally arrives in China? What can China do to prevent possible violence before and during the Olympics? What is the United States' place in the lead-up to the Olympics? www.AMERICANPROGRESS.org

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