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    Criticism over Libya Greets Obama on His Return to Capital

    House Speaker John Boehner , former Speaker Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin are among the Republicans demanding that President Obama clarify the mission in Libya and explain who's in charge. The White House says he's already done that.  Dana Milbank is political columnist for the Washington Post .

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    House Speaker John Boehner, former Speaker Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin are among the Republicans demanding that President Obama clarify the mission in Libya and explain who's in charge. The White House says he's already done that. Dana Milbank is political columnist for the Washington Post. His books include Tears of a Clown, about Glenn Beck, and Homo Politicus, about "the strange and scary tribes that run our government."

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Dana Milbank

      Washington Post

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    The 'Nuclear Renaissance' and Fukushima
    1. 0:00Criticism over Libya Greets Obama on His Return to CapitalYou’re reading this
    2. 7:25A 'Go Slow' for US Nuclear Energy?
    3. 44:14Nonresponsive Air Traffic Controller May Have Been Asleep on the Job
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