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Another High Water Mark for Drug Violence in Mexico
The awful details of deadly drug wars often are not reported by the Mexican media, because editors and reporters fear for their lives. We get a progress report on President Calderon's military offensive and what it could mean north of the border. Also, insurers drop child-only policies as Obama touts health reform, and the DREAM Act, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and military spending.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenThe awful details of deadly drug wars often are not reported by the Mexican media, because editors and reporters fear for their lives. We get a progress report on President Caldern's military offensive and what it could mean north of the border. Also, insurers drop child-only policies as President Obama touts health reform. On Reporter's Notebook, are election-year politics interfering with this year's debate on military spending?
Banner image: Relatives and friends of murdered El Diario photojournalist Luis Carlos Santiago mourn next to his coffin during his funeral in Ciudad Juarez, on September 18, 2010. Photo: Jesus Alcazar/AFP/Getty Images
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3 storiesInsurers Drop Child-Only Policies as Obama Touts Health Reform
New federal healthcare protections go into effect tomorrow. In a private back yard in Northern Virginia, President Obama listed some of the benefits . But some insurance companies already are fighting back. Anthem Blue Cross, Aetna and other say they'll stop selling policies for children rather than comply with new laws.
Read the story8 minMexico's Drug Wars and Reporting the News
Brutal killings and shootouts that paralyze cities for hours often are not reported by Mexican newspapers, radio or TV. In the past four years, at least 30 journalists have been murdered or disappeared, so many that El Diario de Ciudad Juárez directly addressed the drug cartels battling for control of the city.
Read the story36 minPartisan Squabbling Blocks Vote on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
The military appropriations bill is usually a bipartisan measure, or at least one that leads to debate on America's readiness. This year, politics seems to have intervened. Senate Democrats are accused of sending messages to the November electorate rather than doing their legislative jobs.
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