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Bush Threatens to Veto Iraq Spending Bill; Viacom Sues YouTube

Hosted by Warren Olney Apr. 03, 2007 National
Congress may be away for spring recess, but conflict with President Bush is on the rise.  Troop-withdrawal deadlines from Capitol Hill meet veto threats from the White House.  It’s a showdown over funding troops in Iraq. Also today, Viacom sues YouTube for a billion dollars.  Can innovation be protected as the law tries to catch up with technological change?

Congress may be away for spring recess, but conflict with President Bush is on the rise.  Troop-withdrawal deadlines from Capitol Hill meet veto threats from the White House.  It’s a showdown over funding troops in Iraq. Also today, Viacom sues YouTube for a billion dollars.  Can innovation be protected as the law tries to catch up with technological change?

From this Episode:

The Escalating Conflict between the White House and Congress

Congress left Washington for its spring recess without reconciling House and Senate differences over money for troops in Iraq. President Bush today demanded that they...

22 min

Viacom Sues YouTube

The Internet website YouTube is growing like mad. Last year's nine million monthly visitors skyrocketed to 133 million this year, and Google purchased YouTube for $1.65...

27 min

Credits

Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Christian Bordal, Karen Radziner, Vanessa Romo, Dan Konecky

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