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John McCain: Town Hall 02/28/08

2008-07-24T08:24:52Z

John McCain
Town Hall
Houston, TX 02/28/08

TRANSCRIPT:
JOHN MCCAIN: "But Al-Qaeda is there [in Iraq], they are functioning, they are supported in many times, in many ways by the Iranians."

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John McCain: Town Hall Meeting 07/09/08

2008-07-21T12:46:44Z

John McCain
Town Hall Meeting
Portsmouth, OH 07/09/08

TRANSCRIPT:
QUESTIONER: "Senator McCain, how can world leaders take the President of Iran seriously with his outrageous claims to wipe Israel off the face of the earth? And, as a follow-up question, would you consider a 16-year-old running mate?"

JOHN MCCAIN: "If that individual happens to be as attractive and articulate as you are, I certainly would—consider it. Thank you.

MCCAIN: "Um, I'm worried that the President of Iran, Ahmadinejad's comments are not just crazy talk. [...] We all know that they just tested uh, uh a missile. Uh, which,by the way, was done by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Which is a terrorist organization that supports terrorists and in my view-- We had a vote on the floor of the Senate to label the same organization as a terrorist organization.

MCCAIN: "[...] If there is a outbreak of conflict [...] with Iran and Israel, or because of Iran's continued aggressive behavior-- [...] If there's an outbreak of conflict, then I worry very much that the United States will be drawn into it. [...] And I worry about brave young Americans who are serving in the military today."

MCCAIN: "[...] By the way, if there's anyone concerned about the fact that we don't have communications with Iran, we have plenty of communications with them."

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Authors@Google: Porochista Khakpour

2008-07-24T08:26:33Z

The Authors@Google program was pleased to welcome writer and novelist Porochista Khakpour to Google's New York office to discuss her debut book, "Sons and Other Flammable Objects".

Porochista Khakpour was born in Tehran in 1978 and raised in Los Angeles. She received her BA from Sarah Lawrence College and her MA from The Johns Hopkins University Writing Seminars. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The New York Times, The Village Voice, The Chicago Reader, Paper, Flaunt, Nylon, and Bidoun, among many others.
Her debut novel "Sons and Other Flammable Objects" received much acclaim from The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, among others. It won the 77th Annual California Book Award in "First Fiction," and was a Chicago Tribune "Fall's Best" selection and a New York Times "Editor's Choice."

Khakpour builds her luminously intelligent debut around the travails of an Iranian-American family caught in the feverish and paranoid currents immediately after 9/11. Darius Adam and his wife, Laleh, flee revolutionary Iran for the alien territory of Southern California, settling in an apartment complex with the allegorically enticing name of Eden Gardens. Son Xerxes grows up with psychological dual citizenship: regular American outside of Eden Gardens, but the son of bitter Darius and clueless Lala inside. Xerxes finds true paradise in watching Barbara Eden, the star of I Dream of Jeannie.
Against this background of a parody paradise, Khakpour plays out the events following 9/11, which will, grotesquely, unite the Adam family. By then Xerxes, 26, is an unemployed college grad in a New York airshaft-view apartment, as far from Eden Gardens as possible.
Khakpour is an elegant writer, and she imparts a perfect sense of the ironies of being Persian in America, where the blurry collective image of the Middle East alternates between blonde genies in bottles and furrow-browed terrorists in cockpits.

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Experiment

2008-07-24T08:47:25Z

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We Don't Need Guns

2008-07-24T08:36:44Z

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Marzieh Vafamehr, an Iranian filmmaker, is hopeful that the rift between people and governments will diminish, and war will give way to peace.

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Robin Wright - Iran's Rebellious Youth Vote

2008-06-17T03:32:44Z

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Award-winning Washington Post correspondent discusses emerging rebellious attitudes among Iran's younger generations.

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Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East with journalist Robin Wright in conversation with KCRW's Warren Olney. This program is part of the Los Angeles Public Library's ALOUD speakers and authors program.

Drawing on 35 years of reporting - through wars, revolutions and uprisings - one of America's most prescient journalists offers an insightful reckoning of the changes wracking the Middle East and their impact on its and America's future - Los Angeles Public Library

Robin Wright, who covers foreign policy for The Washington Post, has reported from over 140 countries for The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, CBS News, The New Yorker, The Sunday Times and others. She has covered a dozen wars and revolutions in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia.

Warren Olney IV is the host and executive producer of the nationally syndicated PRI program To the Point as well as the long-running local affairs show Which Way, L.A.?, both of which originate at Santa Monica public radio station KCRW.

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Reformists in Iran aim to win the 'impossible race'

2008-06-15T15:35:05Z

Al Jazeera's Alireza Ronaghi reports on the reformists campaign to try and win the upcoming elections in 2009.
Conservatives in Iran are looking to increase their majority in a second round of parliamentary elections, while reformists are just hoping to gain enough support to get their voices heard.
Reformists are hopeful that the 'failing economy' in Iran will encourage people to vote for them.
82 of 290 seats are being contested in a system that is stacked against them. The best the reformers can hope for is to gain from their opponents' mistakes.

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Pre-War Intelligence on Iraq, Revisited

2008-06-06T15:39:19Z

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National Intelligence Council Chairman Thomas Fingar discusses flaws in intelligence analysis on Iraqi WMD in the run-up to the 2003 invasion.

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Intelligence Reform and The Iran National Intelligence Estimate with Thomas Fingar.

The debate over how to deal with Iran received a jolt late last year when the U.S. government's intelligence report concluded that Iran ended its nuclear weapons program four years ago. Don't miss this chance to hear from the intelligence expert who is the principal author of the report that "rewrote the book" on Iran - The Commonwealth Club of California

Dr. Thomas Fingar was Assistant Secretary of the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) from July 2004 until May 2005 when he was named Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis & Chairman, National Intelligence Council. While at the State Department he served as Acting Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research (2003-2004 and 2000-2001), Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (2001-2003), Deputy Assistant Secretary for Analysis (1994-2000), Director of the Office of Analysis for East Asia and the Pacific (1989-1994), and Chief of the China Division (1986-1989).

His intelligence career began in 1970 as the senior German linguist in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, USAREUR & 7th Army in Heidelberg, Germany. Between 1975 and 1986 he held a number of positions at Stanford University, including Senior Research Associate in the Center for International Security and Arms Control, and Director of the University's U.S.-China Relations Program. Other previous positions include assignment to the National Academy of Sciences as Co-Director of the U.S.-China Education Clearinghouse, adviser to the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, and consultant to numerous U.S. Government agencies and private sector organizations.

Dr. Fingar is a graduate of Cornell University (B.A. in Government and History, 1968), and Stanford University (M.A., 1969 and Ph.D., 1977 both in Political Science). He is a career member of the Senior Executive Service. His principal foreign languages are Chinese and German. Dr. Fingar has published dozens of books and articles, mostly on aspects of Chinese politics and policymaking.

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Riz Khan - Street Talk - 17 Mar 08

2008-06-08T21:29:57Z

Today on Riz Khan Street Talk we look at the reactions to the Iranian Elections, hear your responses to our question of the week and find out who won Falluja's first marathon.

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Contrasting Intelligence on Iraq and Iran

2008-06-11T21:31:03Z

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Middle East expert Emanuele Ottolenghi outlines what he sees as differences in intelligence on Iran's nuclear program with pre-war intelligence on Iraqi WMDs.

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Emanuele Ottolenghi discusses The EU and Iran's Nuclear File: What Can Be Done?

Following the release of the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran's nuclear program, Emanuele Ottolenghi, director of the Transatlantic Institute, addresses the American Jewish Committee concerning the misinterpretation of the NIE and how the European Union can pressure Iran to suspend their uranium enrichment without resorting to military action.

Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi has recently taken up the post of Executive Director at the Transatlantic Institute in Brussels. He previously taught Israel Studies at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies and at the Middle East Centre of St. Antony's College, Oxford University. He holds a degree in Political Science from University of Bologna, Italy, and a Ph.D. in political theory from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Since 1998 he is at Oxford.

His research focuses on Israeli domestic politics, specifically coalition and party politics, and elections, post-Zionism, the Arab-Israeli conflict (mainly the Oslo era), Europe's new anti-Semitism and European attitudes to the Middle East. He is currently finishing a book on Israel's electoral reforms in the 1990s.

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Bush: Iranian Persian Gulf Incident a "Provocative Act"

2008-06-09T21:30:51Z

President Bush press conference, January 8, 2008

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Inside Story - Gulf leaders meet Ahmadinejad - 03Dec07 -Pt 2

2008-06-14T03:30:51Z

The Iranian president has called for a security pact with Gulf states.

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Inside Story - Gulf leaders meet Ahmadinejad - 03Dec07 -Pt 1

2008-06-14T03:30:50Z

The Iranian president has called for a security pact with Gulf states.

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Talk to Jazeera - Manouchehr Mottaki - 28 Nov 07 - Pt 2

2008-06-14T09:32:15Z

The Iranian foreign minister talks to Al Jazeera's Mike Hanna.

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Talk to Jazeera - Manouchehr Mottaki - 28 Nov 07 - Pt 1

2008-06-14T09:32:08Z

The Iranian foreign minister talks to Al Jazeera's Mike Hanna.

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HILLARY BACKPEDALS FROM IRANIAN GUARD TERRORIST VOTE

2008-06-15T03:30:40Z

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Stop the War AGM: Don't Attack Iran - CoDIR Speaker

2008-06-15T09:30:39Z

Stop the War AGM: Don't Attack Iran - CoDIR Speaker

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Understanding U.S. Sanctions on Iran

2008-06-15T09:34:07Z

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Michael Jacobson, Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and former Senior Advisor to the U.S. Treasury Department, discusses the current state of U.S. sanctions on Iran.

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Michael Jacobson discusses "Sanctioning Iran: A View from Washington."

Michael Jacobson is a senior fellow in The Washington Institute's Stein Program on Terrorism, Intelligence, and Policy. His areas of focus include sanctions and financial measures to combat national security threats, as well as other issues related to counterterrorism, national security law, and intelligence reform.

From September 2004 to June 2005, he worked as a Soref fellow at the Institute, authoring the monograph The West at War: U.S. and European Counterterrorism Efforts, Post-September 11. From June 2005 to March 2007 he served as a senior advisor in the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI). In that capacity, he fulfilled a wide range of responsibilities, including involvement in the office's strategic planning, priorities, and budget. He was also a liaison to TFI's congressional oversight committees, to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and to the National Counterterrorism Center.

Previously, he served as counsel on the 9-11 Commission, where he was assigned to two teams: one that focused on domestic intelligence policy issues, and another investigating the September 11 plot. In addition to his work with the commission, he served as counsel with the Congressional September 11 investigation, participating in the team that assessed the FBI's performance.

Mr. Jacobson also worked for the FBI for more than five years, first as an intelligence analyst, then as assistant general counsel in the Office of the General Counsel. He holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Brandeis University, a master's degree in international relations from Tufts University, and a law degree from Boston College Law School.

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Reese Erlich - What Happens if the U.S. Invades Iran?

2008-06-15T09:35:11Z

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Author and journalist Reese Erlich theorizes on what would happen were the U.S. to stage a hypothetical invasion of Iran.

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Reese Erlich talks about "The Iran Agenda: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Middle East Crisis."

Erlich believes the U.S. government is planning to subvert the Iranian government and lie about it to the American people. He traces the troubled history between the two countries. He discusses how the U.S. has funded guerrilla raids and terrorist bombings inside Iran. Erlich is the author of "Target Iraq."

Reese Erlich began his career in journalism in the 1960s as an investigative reporter for the magazine Ramparts. He reports regularly for NPR, CBC, ABC (Australia), Radio Deutsche Welle and The World, as well as several newspapers. He was a contract correspondent for Common Ground Radio, a weekly public radio show covering international affairs. Reese co-authored the book "Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn't Tell You" with Norman Solomon (2003). He has produced many radio documentary series, including Perspectives in Jazz, The Iran Project and The Russia Project.

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Dr. Ahmadinejad Press conference at UN

2008-06-16T09:39:30Z

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Set To Speak In NY

2008-06-16T15:30:39Z

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in NY and ready to speak and denies the Holocaust, but who cares what he thinks about the Holocaust. Watch the entire show at www.theyoungturks.com

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Columbia President Bollinger Introduces Ahmadinejad

2008-06-16T15:31:00Z

Columbia President Lee Bollinger has some questions before introducing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a speaker at the university, September 24 2007

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George Galloway on BBC HardTalk in January 2007 - Part 3/3

2008-06-12T09:35:11Z

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Inside Story- A new phase in US/Iranian - 19 Aug 07 - Part 1

2008-06-17T15:32:41Z

The US is to add Iran's Revolutionary Guards to its list of terrorist organisations.

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Inside Story- A new phase in US/Iranian - 19 Aug 07 - Part 2

2008-06-17T15:32:53Z

The US is to add Iran's Revolutionary Guards to its list of terrorist organisations.

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