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    Healthcare Reform, the Economy and the Obama Agenda

    President Obama is going all out for healthcare reform. Some say it's crucial to the rest of his agenda. How did he do at last night's news conference? Have new media changed the nature of a familiar debate.  Also, massive corruption in New Jersey, and America's first black president talks about race relations and the police.

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    By Warren Olney • Jul 23, 2009 • 50m Listen

    President Obama is going all out for healthcare reform. Some say it's crucial to the rest of his agenda. How did he do at last night's news conference? Have new media changed the nature of a familiar debate. Also, federal agents go after massive corruption rings in New Jersey, and the President, the Harvard scholar and the Cambridge policeman.

    Banner image: President Barack Obama answers a question during a news conference on healthcare in the East Room of the White House. Photo: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

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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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      Rebecca Mooney

      Producer, The Treatment

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