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Nov. 24: As the Senate prepares for next week’s floor debate over its health care bill, a new USA/Today Gallup poll finds 42 percent of Americans are opposed to Congress passing legislation this year. A political panel discusses.
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Nov. 24: The Politico’s Ann Schroeder Mullins shares some fun facts about state department dinners with NBC’s Andrea Mitchell.
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Nov. 24: President Barack Obama is scheduled to give a primetime speech next Tuesday where he’s expected to layout his revised Afghanistan strategy. The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza discusses.

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NBC's Andrea Mitchell talks with photojournalist David Burnett who was in Iran during the culmination of a populist movement over thirty years ago talks about his new book chronicling the event.

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Obama vows to ‘finish the job’ in Afghanistan
Nov. 25: President Obama says he'll announce his strategy to "finish the job" in Afghanistan next week. NBC’s Jim Miklaszewski reports.
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