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Showdown Looms Over Government Shutdown

Posted September 25th, 2013 at 8:36 pm (UTC+0)
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Tea Party Republicans Take a Risk The U.S. government faces a partial shutdown Tuesday unless cooler heads prevail in the showdown over Republican attempts to defund President Barack Obama’s signature health care reform law.  But from what we’ve seen in recent days, some of the Republicans peering over the budget abyss seem inclined to jump […]

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Obama’s Syria Quandary

Posted September 13th, 2013 at 9:37 pm (UTC+0)
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The Political Stakes of an Uncertain Outcome So how did we get to the point where Russian President Vladimir Putin conceivably saved President Obama from a very embarrassing defeat in the U.S. Congress over the use of force in Syria? Well first off, we aren’t there yet.  And secondly, you get the feeling that this […]

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Obama’s Syria Gamble

Posted September 4th, 2013 at 10:25 pm (UTC+0)
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Reaching Out to a Reluctant Congress Fasten your seat belts.  This could be a bumpy ride.  President Barack Obama’s decision to seek congressional approval before any military action against Syria is the kind of high stakes gamble rarely seen in Washington. Few would have been surprised had the president decided to go ahead with cruise […]

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Jim Malone

Jim Malone

After a stint in the Peace Corps in Swaziland, Jim joined VOA in 1983 as a reporter and anchor on English broadcasts to Africa.  He served as East Africa correspondent, then covered Congress in the early 1990’s.   Since 1995, Jim has served as VOA national correspondent responsible for coverage of U.S. politics, elections, the Supreme Court and Justice Department.  Jim has been involved in VOA’s election coverage since the 1984 presidential campaign and has co-anchored live VOA broadcasts of numerous national political conventions, candidate debates and election night coverage.

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