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  Confusion over Afghanistan
Nov. 12: President Barack Obama refuses to accept any of the four Afghanistan strategies presented to him, demanding more specific details on how and when control will be handed back to the Afghan government. A msnbc political panel discusses.
  Obama on job growth
Nov. 12: CNBC’s Steve Liesman and Ron Insana discuss President Barack Obama’s plans to hold a forum on jobs and economic growth at the White House next month.
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  Was Hasan a terrorist?
  Abortion ignites health reform fight
  Honoring America’s veterans
  Obama weighs the option on Afghanistan
  Health care bill hangs in balance
  Abortion amendment receives backlash
  Health care delay?
  Is Pakistan a nuclear threat?
  Missed opportunities at Fort Hood?
  Impact of Fort Hood shootings
  Is abortion an obstacle for the health bill?
  Abortion back in the spotlight
  Brokaw on fall of the Berlin Wall
  Commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall
  Final health reform vote awaits House
  U.N. to evacuate staff in Afghanistan
  Declassifying Obama’s ‘state secrets’
  Clinton’s road block to peace?
  Behind the Iron Curtain
  GOP promotes health reform plan
  Republicans score big in Virginia
  Economy key voting issue in Virginia
  Axelrod reacts to Tuesday’s elections
  GOP pulls off landslide win in New Jersey
  Looking back at the Iranian hostage crisis
  Fallout from the elections continue
  Fate of the GOP in New York’s hands?
  Fighting for the GOP’s future
  How this election could affect Obama
  Are Democrats in trouble?
  Shifting ideologies?
  Same-sex marriage in focus for Maine voters
  A new turn in the Afghan strategy?
  Time to make a decision on Afghanistan
  Tuesday’s election vital to Obama?
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Nov. 12: Democratic strategist Tad Devine and Republican strategist Kevin Madden preview the two top stories making headlines: Sarah Palin’s book tour and the fight over the abortion amendment in the health reform bill.
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  Remembering the Iran hostage crisis

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 talks specifics for job creation
Nov. 12: Mayor of Lansing, Michigan Virg Bernero discusses President Barack Obama’s plan to host a job summit to address the high unemployment rate.
Obama seeking more options in Afghanistan
Obama outlines promises to troops
What’s Obama’s mission on the ground?
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Palin: McCain aides kept me ‘bottled up’
Tough choices on abortion coverage
Of bats and billions: Following stimulus funds
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