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A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week's top national news stories. President Obama unveils plans for overhaul of financial industry regulations. The debate over health care reform faces new hurdles. New polls suggest growing doubts among Americans about the president’s budget and health care strategies.
Susan Page, Washington bureau chief for "USA Today"
Eamon Javers, correspondent, Politico
Laura Meckler, reporter for "The Wall Street Journal."
A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week's top international news stories. Iran limits international news coverage of protests over presidential election results. China and Russia urge a defiant North Korea to return to talks. And a suicide attack in Somalia kills a top security official.
Yochi Dreazen, military correspondent for "The Wall Street Journal"
Barbara Slavin, assistant managing editor for world and national security at "The Washington Times;" author of "Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S and the Twisted Path to Confrontation"
Hisham Melhem, Washington bureau chief for Al-Arabiya TV, and Washington correspondent for "An-Nahar"
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