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White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs takes first questions before his press briefing from the online audience on the proposed compromise on tax cuts, unemployment insurance and job creation and the possible repeal of Don’t ask Don’t Tell. 1st collector for First Question with Robert Gibbs — December 7t…Follow my…
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12/3/10: In an interview with the Wonk Room at COP16, Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, explains that the organization does its work through the entirely voluntary and free efforts of the world’s top climate scientists. 1st collector for Pachauri Debunks Myths Of IPCC BureaucracyFollow…
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Excerpt from Innovation Economy Digital Town Hall with Gwen Ifill and Arne Duncan 1st collector for Innovation EconomyFollow my videos on vodpod
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12/7/10: At the COP16 climate talks in Cancun, Mexico, Bangladesh Minister of the Environment and Forests Hasan Mahmud, a PhD environmental scientist, responds to GOP claims that there are not any threats from climate change to the developing world. 1st collector for Bangladesh Minister: ‘We Are Struggling With Th…Follow my…
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Facing strong criticism from Democrats over a tax-cut compromise, President Obama said Tuesday that his willingness to compromise with the GOP doesn’t mean he’s reluctant to stand behind core principles. At a news conference, he called making middle-class tax cuts permanent “a line in the sand.” The president said his…
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Iran struck a defiant note as talks began anew with the U.S. and five other countries over its nuclear ambitions. 1st collector for Iranian Nuclear Program: Will U.S. Concede Anyt…Follow my videos on vodpod
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Former President Jimmy Carter speaks with Ray Suarez about his new book “White House Diary,” written from the daily journal that he kept as president. He also talks about working closely with Republicans in Congress and how that sense of cooperation is “completely absent now” in GOP dealings with the…
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Robert Kuttner of The American Prospect discusses the way economic elites have created deficit fervor when the majority of the population is concerned about jobs and services. Watch the full interview at http://grittv.org! 1st collector for GRITtv: Robert Kuttner: Deficit Kool-AidFollow my videos on vodpod
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Bill McKibben of 350.org explains that farmer’s markets and local shopping change the way humans connect and increase our happiness in a way that shopping at supermarkets and building bigger, isolated houses doesn’t. Watch the full interview at http://grittv.org! 1st collector for GRITtv: Bill McKibben: Rebuilding Connection an…Follow my videos…
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Bill Fletcher, Jr. of the Center for Labor Renewal asks why we’re busy talking about freezing federal workers’ pay and not about Wall Street billionaires. 1st collector for GRITtv: Bill Fletcher Jr.: Why Federal Workers …Follow my videos on vodpod
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Robert Kuttner explains that progressives need to organize and create a movement that either pushes Obama in a more progressive direction or finds a progressive candidate to replace him. Watch the full interview at http://grittv.org! 1st collector for GRITtv: Robert Kuttner: Improving or Replacing …Follow my videos on vodpod
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Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, notes that politicians in power seem willing to ignore evidence and sell out the future of the planet for very short-term political gain. Watch the full interview at http://grittv.org! 1st collector for GRITtv: Bill McKibben: Sacrificing Future for S…Follow my videos on vodpod
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Julian Assange turned himself in Tuesday — he’s been arrested and is being held without bail in London ahead of a hearing on extradition to Sweden. The head of the “stateless” news-leak organization WikiLeaks is accused of sexual assault –and let’s be clear, he should face the charges. 1st collector…
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Though there is little hope for a binding international agreement from the current round of climate talks held by the United Nations in Cancun this week, there is something different about the conversation. Tina Gerhardt reports that countries who are in attendance at the talks aren’t talking about future consequences…