Medicaid Expert Warns Against Individual Health Insurance Mandates

The Heritage Foundation's Dennis Smith says that healthy Americans, particularly young folks, are not going to embrace being forced to spend their money on something they don't think they need. (:40)
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Medicaid Expert Says Program "Unsustainable"

Dennis Smith with the Heritage Foundation says he fears that current healthcare reform legislation would place an undue burden on Medicaid, a program he calls "unsustainable." (:44)
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How Did Supreme Court Confirmation Battles Become So Contentious?

With a filibuster-proof 60 Democratic seats in the Senate, Judge Sonia Sotomayor has nothing to worry about. Unless the senators discover something completely unexpected and horrifying about her past, she will be the next Supreme Court justice. And yet she still faces heated opposition and rhetoric from the Republican minority.

How did Supreme Court confirmation battles become so contentious? And why do some nominees face loads of opposition while others sail through? TRNS Legal Affairs Correspondent Matthew S. Schwartz interviews various Supreme Court experts to try to figure out how things got quite so heated.

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Policy Expert Describes Obama's Arms Control Policy As A "Rush To Failure"

Baker Spring, Research Fellow of National Security Policy at the Heritage Foundation, described the Obama administration's failure to conduct the fundamental reviews necessary for a well grounded arms control policy as a "rush to failure". Spring went on to add that arms control was at the heart of the U.S.-Soviet relationship and is now a central theme of the U.S.-Russia relationship. (1:04)



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Arms Control Should Be A Two-Way Street, Says Russian Expert

Yevgeny Volk, Coordinator at the Heritage Foundation's Moscow office, joins a discussion, via satellite, on the upcoming U.S.-Russia Summit. He says Russia must look at arms control as a two-way street, not only preventing present threats but also forthcoming threats. He also adds that they must realize that the threats are not coming from the United States. (0:40)
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Iran Scholar Claims Election Is Likely Fixed

Jim Phillips, an Iranian scholar from The Heritage Foundation, asserts that the Presidential Election in Iran was fixed. (5:52).
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The Heritage Foundation's Discussion On The Future Of Liberty In China

Dr. Wang Dan says that the liberty movement in not against China, but against the Communist Party. He goes on to say that the Chinese youth must be more critical of their government (0:30).
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The Heritage Foundation's Discussion Of The Future Of Liberty In China

Dr. Wang Dan talks about the hope for liberty in China in the future. He believes there is no hope for liberty through the government, rather hope for liberty lies in the people (0:46).
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Gardner: Obama's Upcoming Overseas Tour

By Courtney Ann Jackson- Talk Radio News Service

Nile Gardner, director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at the Heritage Foundation, explains what Obama's upcoming trip overseas, particularly his time in Europe, will mean in terms of the United States' international relations. He also discusses Obama's previous European visit and the repercussions of his statement about American arrogance. (1:28)
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Analyst: China Key To Stopping North Korea

By Celia Canon- Talk Radio News Service

Celia Canon talks to Bruce Klingner, an analyst for the Heritage Foundation, about North Korea’s recent underground nuclear tests and what can be done to halt Pyong Yang’s recent acceleration in its technological developments and trials. Klingner insists that China will be pivotal is sanctioning and stopping North Korea’s nuclear program.

However, Klingner also warns that this will not be an easy task, but that the government needs to stop praising China for its efforts when it could really do much more to involve itself in the international community’s sanctions. (1:01)
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Americans Want The Truth About Torture

By Jonathan Bronstein, Talk Radio News Service

Jonathan Bronstein recounts the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) recent comments during her weekly press conference. Pelosi asserted that the CIA knowingly lied to her and mislead the American people, and she even called for the creation of a Truth Commission in order to illuminate the facts about the CIA's use of torture.

Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) responded to Pelosi's allegations by warning her and other Democrats to be careful what they wish for because the commission's discoveries may directly implicate them in the investigation.

Furthermore, Peter Brookes, an analyst for the Heritage Foundation, criticized the idea of a Truth Commission because he felt that it may hinder the CIA and other agencies from adequately protecting the American people.

But with each passing day the frustration of the American people mounts as they finally want to know what happened during the Bush Administration. (1:58)
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Foster: Barney Frank is not going to give up power to the French

by Christina Lovato, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service


Today at a discussion titled, “The Implications of the G-20 Summit for the Political Sovereignty and Economic Freedom of the United States,” J.D. Foster, a senior fellow in the economics of fiscal policy at the Thomas Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies of the Heritage Foundation, spoke about the upcoming G-20 summit in April and how France's President, Nicolas Sarkozy is suggesting that Europe take the lead of the country and the United States follow. Foster said that Barney Frank (D-Mass.) would not allow that to happen. (01:09)
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Union members: Say goodbye to fair elections

By Michael Ruhl, University of New Mexico - Talk Radio News Service

At the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, DC, Michael Ruhl sat down with Ernest Istook, Distinguished Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Istook spoke on the threat to the secret ballot in union elections, which he said would be a product of the Employee Free Choice Act, currently under consideration by Congress. The secret ballot is where a voter's choice is kept confidential. He said that "once you put a chink in the protection of the secret ballot election, who knows what's going to be next", saying that in the future public office elections could be threatened in the same way. Istook called it a "power grab for labor unions". (05:44)
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