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The GOP Debate and the Republican Party Agenda
Rick Perry and Mitt Romney dominated last night's contentious debate in California. What issues did they focus on? What solutions did they and the other candidates offer?
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenRick Perry and Mitt Romney dominated last night's contentious debate in California. What were the issues they focused on? What solutions did they and the other candidates offer? Whatever their disagreements, what's the Republican agenda for next year's campaign against President Obama? Also, a defiant Moammar Gadhafi's message from hiding, and some of the voices of September 11.
Banner image: (L to R) Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Mitt Romney and Texas Governor Rick Perry take the stage before the start of the Ronald Reagan Centennial GOP Presidential Primary Candidates Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on September 7, 2011 in Simi Valley, California. Photo by David McNew/Getty Images
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3 storiesGadhafi Still Defiant, Still in Libya?
Libya's Moammar Gadhafi has issued a message from hiding, as forces from the National Transitional Council head towards Bani Walid, one of the last holdouts for Gadhafi's forces. Martin Chulov, Middle East correspondent for The Guardian , joins us from Tripoli.
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In his first debate with other Republican hopefuls, Rick Perry got right into the mix, dominating today's news coverage along with Mitt Romney . The next debate is scheduled for Monday. But, aside from the horse race, what is the Republican agenda beginning to look like?
Read the story36 minNew Audio of 9/11 Hijackings
Almost 10 years to the day since September 11, we can now hear the voices of hijackers, air controllers and military officials as two airliners were deliberately flown into the World Trade Center buildings in lower Manhattan. They are brief, but appalling reminders of what happened that day.
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