States Will Have Federal Grants To Provide Health Care, Says Official

Jay Angoff, Director of the Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight in the Department of Health and Human Services, says states must begin planning how they will operate and govern provisions of the health care overhaul bill set to take action in 2014. (0:54)

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Duncan: Americans Hungry For Education Reform

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says "there's an appetite, there's a willingness now, a sense of urgency around the country that hasn't existed before. And our goal is to capture that to build upon the courage, the great leaderships of the local level and fundamentally transform education." (0:21)
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New Program Is Not A "Competition Between States" Says Education Secretary

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says he doesn't see the "Race to the Top" program as "a competition between states," but more of "a test of two things: the courage and the capacity within states to deliver dramatically better results for children." (0:38)
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Deputy Attorney General nominee asked about death penalty

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

Senator Russ Feinfold (D-Wi), asks Deputy Attorney General nominee David Ogden about his stance on the federal death penalty at his hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee today. February 5, 2009.
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Inaugural Radio Row: Head of delegation for European Union John Bruton

Bureau Chief Ellen Ratner interviews John Bruton the Head of Delegation and ambassador for the European Union about Obamas presidency and European and America relations. (7:12)

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