The issue of national security is again front and center, as the White House pushes back against GOP criticism of the handling of the Christmas Day plane bombing suspect. Why did the Obama administration reveal that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is now cooperating with authorities? Why was he charged in civilian court and not the military system? What is the likelihood terrorists will attack in the U.S. again -- and succeed? And what threat does Al Qaeda now pose? We get answers from the President's top counterterrorism chief, Deputy National Security Adviser John Brennan.
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After President Obama shifts his focus to the economy and releases his new budget for the upcoming year, will there be new signs of recovery ahead? What will it take to get people back to work and spending under control? And how did we get to this point of economic crisis in the first place? We ask two men in the know: Fmr. Treasury Secretary and author of the new book "On the Brink," Henry Paulson; and Fmr. Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan.
Now that the 41st GOP senator has been sworn in -- and the Democrats no longer have a filibuster-proof majority -- which party now holds the upper hand? What is the future of health care reform and the rest of the Democratic agenda? And what impact will the conservative grassroots National Tea Party Convention have on it all? Our roundtable weighs in: Former Chairman of the Republican National Committee Ed Gillespie and Fmr. Clinton White House Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers.
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