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Then we look into the deepening humanitarian tragedy in Syria where, since the Russian and Chinese veto in the UN, the Assad regime has rained down shells, rockets and mortars on civilian populations, especially in the restive city of Homs. An important member of the Syrian opposition, Radwan Ziadeh, joins us to describe how the regime is taking advantage of the window provided by the Russian veto to try to eliminate the lightly armed opposition fighters and the civilian population they are defending.

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Then finally we examine the President’s freezing of all Iranian Government assets held or traded in the U.S. and his recent answers on NBC where he was asked if Israel could launch a preemptive strike on Iran.  The president said “I don’t think Israel has made a decision on what they need to do”, but when asked the direct question whether Washington would be consulted first about an Israeli strike, the president declined to answer saying only that the U.S. and Israel “have closer military and intelligence consultation than they’ve ever had”. The former Senior Director of Middle East Affairs at the National Security Council, Flynt Leverett joins us to discuss mixed signals from the White House as the screws tighten on Iran.

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We begin with the next Republican primary which is in Nevada on Saturday and speak with Eric Herzik who is a Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Reno. Following Mitt Romney’s remark that he is “not concerned about the very poor”, we  discuss how that will play in a state that is suffering some of the worst unemployment and the most foreclosures in the nation.

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Then we examine the secret NATO report based on thousands of interviews with captured Taliban fighters that reveal a pervasive confidence among the insurgents that they will win what has become the U.S.’ longest war. Dr. Marvin Weinbaum, the former Afghanistan and Pakistan Analyst at the State Department’s Intelligence Bureau joins us to assess the report in the light of Secretary of Defense Panetta’s recent remarks that the U.S. might be planning on getting out of Afghanistan earlier than 2014.

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Then finally we look into the decision by the Susan G. Koman for the Cure Foundation to stop granting funds to Planned Parenthood for the breast cancer screening of women. The former Head of Planned Parenthood, Gloria Feldt joins us. She is the author of “No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power”.

And also joining us to talk further about the politicization of women’s health is Francis Kissling, the former President of “Catholics For Choice”. We discuss Mitt Romney’s attempt to join Catholic Bishops in making a “religious liberty” campaign issue out of the Obama Administration’s requirement for insurance companies to provide insurance coverage for birth control.