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Massachusetts Changes the Game
After Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts, Senate Democrats can't stop Republican filibusters any more. What does that mean for health care reform? And what's the message for both parties for elections later this year? Also, is zero tolerance for terrorism an impossible goal?
By Warren Olney • • 49m ListenAfter Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts, Senate Democrats can't stop Republican filibusters any more. What does that mean for health care reform? And what's the message for both parties for elections later this year? Also, intelligence officials admit that flaws in the counterterrorism system allowed the airline-bombing attempt on Christmas Day. What's the rest of the story?
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2 storiesMassachusetts Changes the Game
Last night, Republican Scott Brown was triumphant after his upset election to the US Senate seat held by the late Democrat Ted Kennedy for 47 years, humiliating the Democrats just one year after Barack Obama's inauguration.
Read the story42 minIs Preventing Terrorism an Unattainable Goal?
The Director of National Intelligence and the head of the National Counterterrorism Center told Senators today what was already clear, that the Christmas Day bombing attempt over Detroit occurred because of flaws in the counterterrorism system devised in the wake of September 11.
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