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Uphill task to unite Nepal's feuding parties - 25 Jul 08

2008-07-26T02:41:55Z

Ram Baran Yadav, Nepal's first president, faces an uphill task of bringing the country's fueding parties together in a coalition government.

Earlier this week the Maoist Communist party of Nepal that holds the majority of seats in parliament quit power-sharing discussions because their candidate for president was defeated.

Al Jazeera's Subina Shrestha reports from Kathmandu, on Nepal's decision to continue to function despite not having a working government.

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Henry Kissinger on War and Dissent

2008-07-26T02:43:48Z

Complete video at: fora.tv

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger gives his perspective on warfare and anti-war dissent.

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Henry Kissinger discusses war and more with Peter Robinson as part of the Hoover Institution's interview series, Uncommon Knowledge.

War and the media - the two have not partnered so well since Vietnam. But in the days of the Internet, conservative talk radio, and Fox News, has the dynamic changed?

Kissinger says only a bit, and that the media remain heavily biased against military action.

Additionally, the 1960s concept that the U.S. government is somehow an evil enterprise is alive and well.

In this environment, Kissinger says our leaders need to present a clearer and more educated vision of the American role in the world - Hoover Institution

Henry Alfred Kissinger was the 56th Secretary of State of the United States from 1973 to 1977, continuing to hold the position of Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs which he first assumed in 1969 until 1975. After leaving government service, he founded Kissinger Associates, an international consulting firm, of which he is chairman.

Peter M. Robinson is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he writes about business and politics, edits Hoover's quarterly journal, the Hoover Digest, and hosts Hoover's television program, Uncommon Knowledge. Robinson is also the author of three books: How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life; It's My Party: A Republican's Messy Love Affair with the GOP; and the best-selling business book Snapshots from Hell: The Making of an MB.

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Henry Kissinger - China as a Rising Power

2008-07-26T02:43:48Z

Complete video at: fora.tv

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger discusses the long-term implications of Chinese economic and political growth for United States security.

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Henry Kissinger discusses war and more with Peter Robinson as part of the Hoover Institution's interview series, Uncommon Knowledge.

War and the media - the two have not partnered so well since Vietnam. But in the days of the Internet, conservative talk radio, and Fox News, has the dynamic changed?

Kissinger says only a bit, and that the media remain heavily biased against military action.

Additionally, the 1960s concept that the U.S. government is somehow an evil enterprise is alive and well.

In this environment, Kissinger says our leaders need to present a clearer and more educated vision of the American role in the world - Hoover Institution

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George H.W. Bush at the CIA - Tim Weiner

2008-07-26T02:43:48Z

Complete video at: fora.tv

Journalist Tim Weiner discusses future President George H.W. Bush's appointment to Director of Central Intelligence under Gerald Ford.

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In his balanced, and thus all the more disturbing, history of the CIA, Tim Weiner tells how an agency intended to inform the President about the world became so mired in cloak and dagger politics that the US now lacks the intelligence it needs to operate effectively on the world stage.

Why is it that the agency intended to provide us with intelligence about the world became a tool to shape our perception of that world for political purposes?

Why, for decades, did the agency acquire a shining reputation despite misreading nearly every global crisis?

How did the CIA misread Castro's Cuba, chances of victory in Vietnam, and the Soviet Union's staying power?

Mr. Weiner argues that these C.I.A. missteps have encouraged many of our gravest contemporary problems: Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and terrorism - World Affairs Council of Oregon

Tim Weiner is a reporter for The New York Times. He has written on American intelligence for twenty years, and won the Pulitzer Prize for his work on secret national security programs. He has traveled to Afghanistan and other nations to investigate CIA covert operations firsthand.

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Strike Chemtrail

2008-07-26T02:30:40Z

Minor League All-Star Baseball Tournament Chemtrailed in Freetown Massachusetts.

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Mayor Karl Dean of Nashville, TN

2008-07-26T02:24:47Z

Mayor Dean expresses his frustration with Nashville's lack of action on mass transit, criticizes an English-only ballot initiative, and encourages the federal government to combat growing economic inequality.

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Gordon Johnson on Values

2008-07-26T02:24:41Z

This is from the campaign kickoff party of the Loretta Weinberg, Gordon Johnson, Valerie Vanieri-Huttle Team.

Gordon is 100% right, this race will serve as a bellwether for the NJ and the nation. America is fed up with bossism at ALL levels and from ALL parties!

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Valerie Vanieri-Huttle Speaks at Campaign Kickoff

2008-07-26T02:24:41Z

After a joyful, humorous and astute introduction Valerie goes on to talk about her dedication to restoring a sense of integrity and credibility to politics...which is supposed to be, after all, a public service; not "self service".

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Joe Ferierro Breaks Up The Room

2008-07-26T02:24:40Z

At last night's first ever 37th LD District Clean Elections Debate there was a very telling moment of levity. Enjoy!!!

If you wish to see the whole video it runs nearly two hours at blip.tv

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Zeitgeist 11-14

2008-07-26T02:24:54Z

Part 11-14... See part 1 for description