News Roundup - Hour 2

President Barack Obama holds a bilateral meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia in the Oval Office, June 24, 2010 - Official White House photo by Pete Souza via Flickr

President Barack Obama holds a bilateral meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia in the Oval Office, June 24, 2010

Official White House photo by Pete Souza via Flickr

News Roundup - Hour 2

The Friday News Roundup. Cuba says it will release dozens of political prisoners, suspected al Qaeda operatives are arrested in Norway and the latest in the Russia spy incident.

The Friday News Roundup. Cuba says it will release dozens of political prisoners, suspected al Qaeda operatives are arrested in Norway and the latest in the Russia spy incident.

Guests

James Kitfield

senior correspondent, National Journal magazine.

Trudy Rubin

foreign affairs columnist and editorial board member at the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Nancy Youssef

Pentagon correspondent, McClatchy newspapers.

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So what's next for General Mchrystal after his retirement. Perhaps he will show up on fox news and tea party conventions complaining about how the big bad obama gave him everything he asked for and free rein to do his job when he wasn't busy insulting everybody not under his command.

July 9, 2010 - 10:05 am

Ummm, this is the same McChrystal that voted for Obama and banned Fox News from the TVs under his command? That General will likely not be going on Fox nor invited to Tea Party events.

July 9, 2010 - 11:02 am

Would it be a security risk to leave Afganistan, allow the Taliban to resume their control, and presumably do whatever they wished as long as it perpetuated their control and was financially beneficial for them?

July 9, 2010 - 11:53 am

BP's blown out well cap is holding and shut in pressure is down because the reservoir is depleted. After this disaster why were they allowed to turn off the public feed of cameras showing shut-in pressures? To keep information relating to the future production potential secret is galling at this point. Any more venting of oil is cold blooded stock manipulation.

July 16, 2010 - 12:37 pm

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