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President Obama plans to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to expand health care for the uninsured. A look at the political battle lines being drawn as the Administration ramps up efforts to increase accessibility and control the costs of health care.
Jared Bernstein, Chief Economist and Economic Policy Adviser for Vice President Biden and Executive Director of the Vice President's Middle Class Task Force.
Julie Rovner, health policy correspondent for National Public Radio, author of "Health Care Policy and Politics A-Z," and contributing editor for National Journal's CongressDaily.
Ralph Neas, chief executive, National Coalition on Health Care
Michael Cannon, director of health policy studies, Cato Institute
A Middle East reporter presents a portrait of Ayatollah Khomeini and explores how his radical Islamic philosophy lies at the heart of the modern-day conflict between Iran and the West.
Con Coughlin, is executive foreign editor of the "Daily Telegraph" and author of "Saddam: King of Terror".
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