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First Up - Arabian Nights.
President Obama journeys overseas to Saudi Arabia. Will President Obama,
teamed with his Secretary of State Hillary Clinton be able to make any headway
in improving the Middle East? What role will his former presidential rival have
in the diplomatic process? We'll ask NBC News Chief White House correspondent
Chuck Todd, who's traveling with the President in Saudi Arabia, and Neil
MacFarquhar, author of "The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You
a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East" to analyze.
For more on the President's trip, go to:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/02/cnn-poll-no-frontrunner-in-gop-2012-presidential-race/
Next up - Republican Robbery. First, there was Ray LaHood, then Jon Huntsman,
and most recently, John McHugh and Jim Leach. In his quest to both appear
bipartisan and to maintain Democratic majorities, President Obama has
selectively nominated Republicans from competitive areas to serve in his
administration, paving the way for Democrats to vy for the open seats. We'll
discuss the President's strategy with Reps. Aaron Schock (R-IL) and Peter King
(R-NY).
For more on the President's strategy, go to:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/23253.html
Next up - Presidential Posturing? A new poll suggests that there is no clear
GOP frontrunner for the 2012 election. We'll take a look at what that means for
the Republican Party and its electoral prospects with Mark McKinnon, a former
advisor to Senator McCain and President Bush, and Ron Kaufman, a former advisor
to the Romney campaign.
For more on the GOP poll, go to:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/02/cnn-poll-no-frontrunner-in-gop-2012-presidential-race/
And finally, in the Politics Fix, today it was revealed that former Vice
President Cheney personally oversaw congressional briefings regarding
waterboarding in order to build a defense for the enhanced interrogation
program. We'll discuss this, along with the President's partnership with
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on foreign affairs, with the Washington
Post's Chris Cillizza and former Rep. Harold Ford Jr.
For more on former Vice President Cheney, go to:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/02/AR2009060203999.html
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