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Why Is It That The Whitest States Have The Most Influence
On Who Is Chosen For President?
Justices Let Stand Policy of Silence on 9/11 Detainees
Richard Perle vs. Paul Krugman: A Debate On The War On Terror
8:01-8:06 Headlines
8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break
8:07-8:20 Why Is It That The Whitest States Have
The Most Influence On Who Is Chosen For President?
INTRO: With the Iowa caucus less than a week away, we speak
with the co-chairs of the Iowa Brown and Black Presidential
Forum which sponsored a Democratic presidential debate Sunday
and we take a look at a new report entitled "The Color
of Money" that shows a dramatic disparity between America's
diverse population and the small number of people who finance
political campaigns.
In the closing days before the Iowa caucus and primary season,
the Democratic presidential race is getting close.
The latest polls show Howard Dean – who was once the
clear front-runner - as now roughly even with Rep. Richard
Gephardt. Senators John Kerry and John Edwards trail behind
them.
For the last few weeks, Iowa has been flooded with reporters
and political pundits all focusing on the state's upcoming
caucuses. The Iowa caucuses go a long way in helping to determine
who will be on the presidential ballot this November and for
many, the winners in Iowa immediately become the people to
beat.
Iowa has a population of 2.9 million, which is 94 percent
white and relatively sparsely populated. Many complain that
this makeup is not representative enough of the entire nation
and the subsequent caucus results may not be a true or accurate
reflection of voter sentiment.
All the major Democratic presidential candidates except Gen.
Wesley Clark debated in the Iowa Brown and Black Presidential
Forum on Sunday. Many described Dean’s performance as
faltering and Iowa’s largest newspaper, The Des Moines
Register, described Dean in a front-page article as "again
on the defensive."
The New York Times reports that Clark, who is not contesting
Iowa, is taking advantage of having New Hampshire almost to
himself. New Hampshire holds its primary a week after the
Iowa caucuses.
- Mary Campos, co-chair of the Iowa Brown and Black Presidential
Forum, a non-partisan minority issues organization, that
sponsored the Democratic presidential debate on Sunday and
a prominent member of the Des Moines Latino community.
Link: www.bbpresforum.org
- Cietta Kiandoli, Senior legislative and outreach associate
at Public Campaign which released a report entitled “Color
of Money 2003” which shows a dramatic disparity between
America’s diverse population and the small number
of people who finance political campaigns.
Link: www.colorofmoney.org;
www.publicampaign.org
- Excerpt of Democratic presidential debate sponsored by
the Iowa Brown and Black Presidential Forum on January 11,
2004
- Rep. Richard Gephardt (MO)
8:30-8:40 Justices Let Stand Policy of Silence on
9/11 Detainees
INTRO: We speak with the Center for National Security Studies
on the Supreme Court’s decision to let stand a federal
ruling that allows for the government to keep secret the hundreds
of Muslim men secretly picked up and detained.
The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a federal court ruling
that allows for the government to secretly arrest and detain
people inside the United States.
Without comment the court decided not to review the lower
court’s ruling that backed up the Bush administration
post 9/11 actions in which hundreds of Muslim men were secretly
picked up and detained. The Justice Department refused to
release the names of the detainees or their charges claiming
the release of information could jeopardize national security.
Most of the men caught in the sweep have long since been deported
on immigration violations.
This comes after the Supreme Court decided to hear appeals
in cases involving detainees at Guantanamo Bay and the detention
of so-called enemy combatants.
Attorney General John Ashcroft said he was pleased that the
court let stand a decision that “clearly outlined the
danger of giving terrorists a virtual road map to our investigation.”
Yesterday, we spoke with someone who was not pleased with
the decision: Kate Martin, director of the Center for National
Security Studies. This is what he had to say about the case.
- Kate Martin, Director of the Center for National Security
Studies.
Link: www.cnss.org
8:40-8:41 One Minute Music Break
8:41-8:58 Richard Perle vs. Paul Krugman: A Debate
On The War On Terror
INTRO: We host a debate between Richard Perle, the man the
Washington Post calls “the intellectual guru of the
hard-line neoconservative movement in foreign policy”
and one of its fiercest critics, New York Times columnist
Paul Krugman.
Dana Milbank of the Washington Post calls him the “intellectual
guru of the hard-line neoconservative movement,” saying
“he has profound influence over Bush policies and officials.”
Columnist Jim Lobe says he has written the “Neocons’
Manual for Global Warmongering.”
I’m talking about Pentagon adviser and former assistant
secretary of defense Richard Perle. He has a new book out
called “An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror,”
co-written with David Frum, a former special assistant to
President George W Bush.
As Perle promotes his book, he continues to make headlines.
On Sunday, he told CNN that Saudi Arabia qualifies for the
"axis of evil" club. Saudi papers blasted Perle
yesterday, saying that he only speaks the language of "force,
murder and destruction.”
The book is written as a victory manual. But it has already
caused a firestorm of controversy around the globe and in
Washington.
Perle calls for the U.S. secession of Saudi oil fields,
for regime change in Iran, for the isolation of Syria, possible
attacks and a blockade against North Korea and the treatment
of France as an enemy. He describes France and Russia as the
UN mouthpiece of the Iraq.
Domestically the book targets the State Department and CIA
for being too soft on the war on terrorism. The Clinton Administration
is blamed for turning a blind eye to the growing threat from
Islamic fundamentalists.
Regarding Muslims the authors write "The roots of Muslim
rage are to be found in Islam itself. There is no middle way
for Americans. It is victory or holocaust."
To Washington, insiders Richard Perle has been a well-known
figure. He has been a close friend of Deputy Defense Secretary
Paul Wolfowitz since 1969 and is a close ally of both Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney.
- Richard Perle, co-author of the new book "An End
to Evil: How To Win the War on Terror" with David Frum.
He served as an assistant secretary of defense in the Reagan
administration and as chairman of the Defense Policy Board
under President Bush. He is a resident fellow at the American
Enterprise Institute.
- Paul Krugman, New York Times columnist and Professor
of Economics at Princeton University. His latest book "The
Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way In The New Century"
is a collection of his New York Times columns.
8:58-8:59 Outro and Credits
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