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President Obama's competing deficit-cutting plan stimulates a crucial debate with Republicans that will have major consequences for U.S. and...
Hosts: James M. Lindsay, Director of Studies, CFR
Robert McMahon, Editor, CFR.org
August 4, 2011
CFR's Director of Studies James Lindsay and CFR.org Editor Robert McMahon preview major world events in the week ahead.
In this week's podcast: World markets and leaders react to the U.S. debt deal; Republican presidential hopefuls debate in Ames, Iowa in advance of the Iowa Straw Poll; The trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak gets underway in Cairo; And, the Syrian government’s crackdown on protesters intensifies.
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