Duration : 0:12:8

Technorati Tags: Barack Obama, corporate America, Lauren Lyster, new faces same system, punk rock, RT, Strike Anywhere, Thomas Barnett

Healthcare reform was the first big policy deal taken on by the Obama administration. Many say the young president has bet the mid-term elections, possibly his presidency, on the outcome. In a new investigation FRONTLINE goes behind closed doors at the White House, in Congress and the boardrooms of the giant healthcare lobby to examine the political battles and costly compromises that defined Barack Obama’s endeavor. From early positive efforts, through the bitter battles with the Tea Party, the elation of apparent success at Christmas, to the crushing failure in the Massachusetts Senatorial election, FRONTLINE follows the story and reveals the first in-depth look at how the Obama administration operates. In “Obama’s Deal,” FRONTLINE veteran producer Michael Kirk (”Bush’s War,” “Dreams of Obama,” “Inside the Meltdown,” “The Warning”) provides a sobering exposé of the realities of american politics, the power of special interest groups, and the role of money in policy making.

Watch “Obama’s Deal” on air and online beginning Tuesday, April 13 on PBS (check local listings) and at http://www.pbs.org/frontline/obamasdeal

Duration : 0:0:31

Technorati Tags: Congress, frontline, health care, lobbyists, Michael Kirk, obama, pbs, Politics, Washington

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discusses difficulties faced by women in positions of political power. This excerpt is taken from a roundtable discussion entitled “Women and American Politics,” and was recorded at the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival.
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Women and american politics: A Roundtable with discussants: Rep. Jane Harman, John Dickerson, Sec. Margaret Spellings, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Sec. Madeleine Albright. and moderated by Andrea Mitchell.

In this, its third year, Aspen Ideas Festival once again gathers scientists, artists, politicians, historians, educators, activists, and other great thinkers around some of the most important and fascinating ideas of our time. As these thinkers present their provocative ideas, they engage a sophisticated and highly motivated audience.

Madeleine Korbel Albright (born May 15, 1937) served as the 64th United States Secretary of State. She currently serves as the Mortara Distinguished Professor of Diplomacy at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

Madeleine Albright was nominated by President Bill Clinton on December 5, 1996, as Secretary of State. After being unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate, she was sworn in as the 64th Secretary of State on January 23, 1997. Albright was the first female Secretary of State.

Duration : 0:5:55

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Duration : 0:5:22

Technorati Tags: economy, finance, governemnt, health care, market overview, Media, The Body, Venture

Duration : 0:5:8

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He discusses the influence of US domestic politics on the congressional hearings on Toyota’s safety recalls with Al Jazeera’s Shihab Ratanssi (25 Feb 2010).

Duration : 0:3:17

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Duration : 0:12:59

Technorati Tags: 2-15-2010, Alyona, Alyona Minkovski, Assad Akhter, Cory Saylor, Globalengage.com, Muslim Staffers Association, Sughail Khan, The Alyona Show

Duration : 0:7:5

Technorati Tags: american politics, cafta, democracy, elite, elite opinion, free trade, james madison, linguistics, mit, nafta, Noam Chomsky, polyarchy, professor, summit of the americas