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The Grand Old Party Takes Charge on Capitol Hill
Even before Republicans chose their new leaders today, President Obama invited them to the White House on Tuesday of next week. Will GOP control of both houses mean a new era of friendship or two more years of paralysis and gridlock?
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenEven before Republicans chose their new leaders today, President Obama invited them to the White House on Tuesday of next week. Will GOP control of both houses mean a new era of friendship or two more years of paralysis and gridlock?
Also, anti-Islam protests and counter protests rock Germany, and Sebastian Rotella's latest novel, which ranges from Buenos Aires to Paris to Baghdad. We hear how it reveals unsavory connections in the real world.
Photo: House Speaker John Boehner (Official Photo by Caleb Smith)
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3 storiesAnti-Islam Protests and Counter Protests Rock Germany
Despite appeals from Chancellor Angela Merkel, churches and business leaders, thousands of Germans turned out in Berlin, Dresden and other major cities last night to protest what they call "the Islamization of Europe." There were counter-demonstrations as well, as we hear from Alison Smale, Berlin Bureau Chief for the New York Times .
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Republicans now control both houses of Congress for the first time since 2006 — with their biggest Congressional majority since the end of World War II.
Read the story35 min"The Convert's Song," a New Novel by Sebastian Rotella
The Convert's Song is the second novel by Sebastian Rotella, whose first was Triple Crossing . An award-winning foreign correspondent who's been Los Angeles Times Bureau Chief in Buenos Aires and Paris, Rotella now covers international security for ProPublica.
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