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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Sunday morning talk shows

Sunday morning talk shows stories: 14 news summaries
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Clinton: Karzai on the Hot Seat 

White House 'will expect more,' focused on defeating 'those who attacked us'

Nov 15, 09 10:51 AM CST
(Newser) - It's time for Afghan President Hamid Karzai to put up or shut up, Hillary Clinton said today, underscoring the White House's heightened expectations of Kabul. "We are expecting there to be a major crimes tribunal, an anti-corruption commission," she told This Week, adding that the original Afghan... More »

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Afghanistan • Hillary Clinton • Rudy Giuliani • Harry Reid • Hamid Karzai • Mitch McConnell • David Plouffe • George Stephanopoulos • David Axelrod • Sarah Palin • terror trial • Eric Holder • 9/11 attacks • President Obama • Sunday morning talk shows • Going Rogue

SUNDAY TALK SHOWS

 Clinton: 
 I'll Have 
 Coffee 
 With Palin 


Secretary says maybe she could change ex-gov's mind on some issues

Nov 15, 09 5:35 AM CST
(AP) - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she would be happy to talk to Sarah Palin over coffee. In an interview for broadcast today on NBC's Meet the Press, Clinton says she's never met the onetime GOP vice presidential hopeful and former Alaska governor and thinks it would be... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Sunday morning talk shows • Going Rogue

musical anchor chairs


 John King 
 Will Replace 
 Lou Dobbs  

Anchor of CNN's 'State of the Union' 'thrilled' with primetime slot

Nov 12, 09 11:09 AM CST
(Newser) - CNN political reporter and State of the Union host John King will replace the abruptly departed Lou Dobbs in CNN's 7pm weekday slot starting early next year. Aside from hosting the network's Sunday political gabfest, King is known for using a touch-screen “magic map” to illustrate his election analysis.... More »

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television • CNN • primetime TV • Lou Dobbs • cable news • election coverage • political coverage • Sunday morning talk shows • John King • State of the Union

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Casey: 
 Send More 
 Troops to 
 Afghanistan  

Lieberman to probe Fort Hood shootings as 'attack' on US troops

Nov 8, 09 12:03 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama would do well to give Stanley McChrystal more troops in Afghanistan, Army chief of staff George Casey said on Meet the Press today. "We have already made progress, and I would look for that progress to continue,” Casey said, without saying how many troops he thought... More »

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Afghanistan • Joe Lieberman • health care reform • Gen. George Casey • Afghanistan war • Michael Steele • Sunday morning talk shows • Bob McDonnell • Fort Hood shooting

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Rush: Obama 
 Doesn't Care 
 About War in 
 Afghanistan 

Furthermore, prez is intentionally killing economy, says Limbaugh

Nov 1, 09 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Ever-reticent talking head Rush Limbaugh took to the airwaves today, telling Fox News Sunday that President Obama "doesn't care much about" the war in Afghanistan, and his recent salute of slain soldiers "was a photo op precisely because he’s having big time trouble on this Afghanistan dithering... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • Fox News • John Boehner • David Plouffe • Sarah Palin • Afghanistan war • Afghanistan exit strategy • Sunday morning talk shows • Dede Scozzafava • 23rd District

 Jarrett: 
 Abdullah 
 Quitting Isn't  
 a Complication 

Says election up to Afghan gov't; Obama decision may be delayed

Nov 1, 09 8:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett says Abdullah Abdullah's withdrawal from next weekend's runoff election in Afghanistan won't complicate the White House's decision-making process on a war strategy. But Jarrett tells George Stephanopoulos that the president's decision could slide back to late November. “The President will make a decision... More »

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Afghanistan • runoff election • Valerie Jarrett • Obama administration • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election • Sunday morning talk shows

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 McCain: 
 Afghan Call 
 Can't Wait 


Troops decision dominates, but everybody backs away from 'dithering' Cheney

Oct 25, 09 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The pace of President Obama's decision on troop levels in Afghanistan again dominated the Sunday dial. John McCain told Face the Nation that Obama should move regardless of the Nov. 7 runoff's outcome: "Every day we delay will be a delay in this strategy succeeding.” Orrin Hatch... More »

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John McCain • Dick Cheney • Charles Schumer • Olympia Snowe • Orrin Hatch • Carl Levin • health care reform • troop levels • Sherrod Brown • Sunday morning talk shows

OPINION

Rachel Maddow Can Rescue
Meet the Press

Liberal MSNBC host
is Tim Russert's
spiritual heir

Oct 19, 09 1:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Meet the Press has been pretty lame since Tim Russert died. No offense to David Gregory, who’s done respectable work, but he was always the safe choice, "and he's made the show just that: safe," writes Brian Donovan. NBC's Sunday morning stalwart needs its fire... More »

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NBC • MSNBC • Tim Russert • Meet the Press • David Gregory • Rachel Maddow • Sunday morning talk shows

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 White House: 
 Fox Is 'Not 
 Really News' 


Administration still sparring with conservative network

Oct 18, 09 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House continued its scuffle with Fox News today, with Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace complaining on-air that the administration dissed its request for an interview, while top aides took to competing networks to denounce it. It's "not really news," David Axelrod told This Week. The... More »

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White House • Fox News • John Cornyn • Rahm Emanuel • health care reform • Valerie Jarrett • David Axelrod • President Obama • Fox News Sunday • Sunday morning talk shows


 Liz Cheney 
 to Obama: 
 Nobel Is 
 a 'Farce' 

Ex-veep's kid wants prez to send military mom to pick up his prize

Oct 11, 09 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Liz Cheney, ever as shy, quiet, and retiring as dear old dad, thinks President Obama's Nobel Prize is a "farce," and wants him to "send a real signal" by sending the mother of a fallen soldier to Oslo to collect his Nobel—to underscore the importance of... More »

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Barack Obama • US military • Nobel Peace Prize • right wingers • Liz Cheney • Fox News Sunday • Sunday morning talk shows

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 GOP to Obama: 
 Give McChrystal 
 His Troops 

McCain: Not granting request 'would be an error of historic proportions'

Oct 11, 09 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Afghanistan was the name of the game on the talk shows today, with John McCain pointedly warning President Obama on State of the Union that sending Gen. Stanley McChrystal anything less than the 40,000 troops he's requested "would be an error of historic proportions." Lindsey Graham chimed... More »

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Afghanistan • John McCain • Lindsey Graham • Stanley McChrystal • Fox News Sunday • Sunday morning talk shows • Anita Dunn

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Clinton: Obama 
 Not 'Dissing' 
 McChrystal 
 on Troops 


Former first couple dominates Sunday morning shows

Sep 27, 09 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Clinton came to President Obama's defense today, saying on Meet the Press that the president isn't "dissing" Gen. Stanley McChrystal's request for more troops in Afghanistan. Both Clintons emphasized that settling the Afghan election is vital in determining whether the US has a legitimate partner in Hamid Karzai.... More »

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Afghanistan • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Bill Clinton • troop levels • Kit Bond • Sunday morning talk shows

TALKSHOW ROUNDUP

 Obama 'Skeptical' 
 About More Troops 
 in Afghanistan 

Pres calls Russians 'paranoid' and refuses to comment on ACORN

Sep 20, 09 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - If it’s Sunday, it’s President Obama, who took to five Sunday talk shows today (including Univision, but excluding Fox) to promote his agenda. Among the highlights:
  • Obama warned US commanders on This Week he’s “skeptical” that more US troops in Afghanistan will make a difference.
... More »

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Afghanistan • Russia • health care • Barack Obama • missile defense system • unemployment • troop levels • Sunday morning talk shows

Obama Courts Risk With Sunday's 'Full Ginsburg'

President may risk overexposure by appearing in 5 talk shows

Sep 19, 09 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - They call it "the full Ginsburg" because Monica Lewinsky's lawyer, William Ginsburg, was the first to do the five-fecta of Sunday talk shows back in 1999. What Obama's doing tomorrow is a slightly (if significantly) modified version, Politico notes, with the president swapping out Fox for Univision in the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Dick Cheney • William Ginsburg • Sunday morning talk shows

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