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Video, Transcript, White House Review(PDF): Obama Speaking About The Christmas Day Terror Attempt And Improving Airport Security.

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Good afternoon, everybody. The immediate reviews that I ordered after the failed Christmas terrorist attack are now complete. I was just briefed on the findings and recommendations for reform, and I believe it’s important that the American people understand the new steps that we’re taking to prevent attacks and keep our country safe.
This afternoon, my [...]

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Pres. Obama On The Detroit Christmas Day Terror Attempt: There Was A 'Systemic Failure'

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John King, Andy Card, John Podesta And David Gergen Discuss Obama's First Year.

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The Journal Editorial Report. 12/26/09. Obama's First Year.

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Ed Schultz Is Still Upset Obama Isn't Being Progressive Enough. Talks To Adam Green And Rep. Cummings

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President Obama Interview With Jim Leher From PBS. Health Care, Global Warming/Copenhagen And The Afghan War.

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Sen. Stupak To Greta: The White House Asked Me To Be Quiet Until They Could Walk Me Through The Nelson Amendment.

They asked me not to say anything until they had a chance to walk me through the amendment. Apparently they had just reached an agreement, they wanted the vote to go through the other day so they said, ‘can you just.. quiet and don’t say anything until we get done with this vote and walking [...]

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Sen. Obama: Not Really In Favor Of Mandated Health Care. Pres. Obama: Let's Do It.

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There was a lot of talking points coming from Mr. Stewart.They invited him on the show, they should show an ounce of respect and let him finish his, 'talking points.' They have as long as they want after to refute and ridicule them.Theissen knew what he was going to get. That's why he stayed calm and tried to get his point across. Exactly like he did with Lawrence O'Donnell.">Jon Stewart Interviews Mark Theissen On The Daily Show.</a></li><li>Jax on <a href="http://storyballoon.org/jon-stewart-interviews-mark-theissen-on-the-daily-show/comment-page-1/#comment-771" title="Thiessen finished a lot of sentences. You couldn't tell because talking points tend to come in giant run-on paragraphs. You honestly think that if Jon hadn't broken into Thiessen's monologue, Thiessen would have at some point stopped talking and waited for rebuttal? No, he would have chattered on, stating opinion as indisputable fact, until the end of the segment.">Jon Stewart Interviews Mark Theissen On The Daily Show.</a></li><li>RichardDennis on <a href="http://storyballoon.org/jon-stewart-interviews-mark-theissen-on-the-daily-show/comment-page-1/#comment-769" title="Jon Stewart was perhaps a little over-zealous in this interview but that was probably an indicator of his passion for the topic. Thiessen was a whiner who wanted his blurbs to be stated without challenge a la Rush Limbaugh. If you watch the entire interview, Stewart curtailed his interruptions which was an admission that he had interrupted too much. Stewart is an excellent arguer whether you agree with him or not and he wasn't going to lie down like someone like Hannity.">Jon Stewart Interviews Mark Theissen On The Daily Show.</a></li><li>Jason on <a href="http://storyballoon.org/jon-stewart-interviews-mark-theissen-on-the-daily-show/comment-page-1/#comment-767" title="I was answering Dan's 'you have to wonder why he went on the daily show in the first place,' comment.It's going to be okay, you can calm down.Jon Stewart is an entertainer.">Jon Stewart Interviews Mark Theissen On The Daily Show.</a></li><li>Susan on <a href="http://storyballoon.org/jon-stewart-interviews-mark-theissen-on-the-daily-show/comment-page-1/#comment-766" title="Ooooooo, so if Mark Thiessen is a Capitalist, what do you think Jon Stewart is? I am sure he does not perform as an actor on his show for free. Plus, do you get the fact that the show is on the Comedy Network?">Jon Stewart Interviews Mark Theissen On The Daily Show.</a></li><li>Jason on <a href="http://storyballoon.org/jon-stewart-interviews-mark-theissen-on-the-daily-show/comment-page-1/#comment-762" title="You may have a point. But Stewart invited him on his show so he should let him finish a sentence. Regardless of if he agrees with him.It certainly wasn't like the Lawrence O'Donnel back and forth.">Jon Stewart Interviews Mark Theissen On The Daily Show.</a></li><li>veritas on <a href="http://storyballoon.org/jon-stewart-interviews-mark-theissen-on-the-daily-show/comment-page-1/#comment-761" title="Jason, I felt Jon Stewart was interrupting too much at first too, but when I listened again to the interview, I realized I only felt that way because Marc was constantly complaining about it. To tell you the truth, Jon might have interrupted a little more than Marc, but both kept trying to interrupt each other constantlyit was a good interview, both demonstrated how well educated they were and it pretty much got boiled down to whether you agree with Stewart that we dont need to go to the lengths of EITs to keep our country safe and that EITs violate our values, or with Theissen that we should use EITs because they are within the law and are more effective than our standard interrogation techniques">Jon Stewart Interviews Mark Theissen On The Daily Show.</a></li><li>Jason on <a href="http://storyballoon.org/jon-stewart-interviews-mark-theissen-on-the-daily-show/comment-page-1/#comment-760" title="To sell his book. He's a capitalist and he sees it as a chance to reach Jon Stewart's demographics.">Jon Stewart Interviews Mark Theissen On The Daily Show.</a></li><li>dan on <a href="http://storyballoon.org/jon-stewart-interviews-mark-theissen-on-the-daily-show/comment-page-1/#comment-759" title="They both had equal time to talk. If Mark Thiessen can't make his point concisely enough in the time allotted then that's his problem. 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