Joining us Sunday at 8AM EST as we look at intervention options in Syria and Iran, what to do about unstable fuel prices, and how brave whistleblowers disrupt powerful conformity around the world are:
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) (@SenJeffMerkley), introduced the "Oil Independence for a Stronger America Act" in 2010, a plan to eliminate the need for imported oil by 2030.
Ann-Marie Slaughter (@slaughteram), former director of policy planning for the U.S. Department of State and professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School.
Jeremy Scahill (@jeremyscahill), Puffin Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute and author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army.
Zainab Salbi (@zainabsalbi), founder of Women for Women International.
Elise Jordan (@elise_jordan), former speechwriter for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and contributor to National Review and Daily Beast.
Eyal Press (@eyalpress), author of Beatuiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times.
Hooman Majd (@hmajd), Iranian author of The Ayatollah's Democracy: An Iranian Challenge and The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran.
Dan Dicker (@Dan_Dicker), CNBC contributor and author of Oil's Endless Bid.
-Brett Brownell (@brettbrownell) is video and web producer for Up with Chris Hayes which airs on MSNBC Saturday and Sunday morning.
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As much as we enjoy your dazzling array of guests and topics, your #uppers would enjoy a shot of the day's pastries. You need a Kent Jones type to do a 30-second segment to tell us about today's selection and where to order our very own delectible selection of Uppers Snacks...
Would love to see you get the Maryland governor who appeared with Virginia's governor the other day and countered his transvaginal ultrasound and other culture war legislation.
If you discuss at all the GOP Debates, it would have been right on key if moderator John King would have asked the candidates their opinion of this quote by the great Thomas Jefferson:
"Say nothing of my religion. It is known to God and myself alone. Its evidence before the world is to be sought in my life: if it has been honest and dutiful to society, the religion which has regulated it cannot be a bad one."
ALSO, the debates have exposed the GOP as anti-student, anti-worker, anti-retiree with defined goals of ending public education, worker protections, safety standards-- and privatizing, if not fully dismantling, Social Security and Medicare-- the diminishing of America with anti-science, anti-research and a pretense of their preferred religion--
as they, in reality, despise the poor-- and worship the almighty dollar and the rich. And let’s not forget that the situation for many disadvantaged citizens is the result of how Bush allowed bankers to push subprime mortgages—that inevitable day of reckoning arriving as families went bankrupt, yet bankers emerged victoriously arrogant with billions of tax payers dollars. Witness occupy wall street, occupy the world.
And war profiteering during the Bush/Cheney years needs a conversation--glad to see Jeremy Scahill coming on the show.......billions "missing" in Iraq....
Brett just saw your homework assignment on Iran. I have much much more if I had the time. Have been watching and tracking for years the hogwash being repeated about Iran. Tracked the hogwash being said about Iraq before the invasion. Why have Anne Marie Slaughter and the rest of these folks on to talk about Iran when you could have Hillary on who has directly negotiated with Iran. Do the owners of MSNBC Comcast block real facts on Iran from your program? What the hell. We are not talking about some lefties coming on. Just experts on Iran. What are you afraid of? Losing your paycheck?
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Flynt Leverett – Biography
Flynt Leverett is a professor at Pennsylvania State University’s School of International Affairs and directs the Iran Project at the New America Foundation, where he is a Senior Research Fellow. He is also a Visiting Scholar at Peking University’s School of International Studies.
Dr. Leverett is a leading authority on the Middle East and Persian Gulf, U.S. foreign policy, and global energy affairs. From 1992 to 2003, he had a distinguished career in the U.S. government, serving as Senior Director for Middle East Affairs at the National Security Council, on the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff, and as a CIA Senior Analyst. He left the George W. Bush Administration and government service in 2003 because of disagreements about Middle East policy and the conduct of the war on terror.
Dr. Leverett has written extensively on the politics, international relations, and political economy of the Middle East and Persian Gulf. In a series of monographs, articles, and opinion pieces (many co-authored with Hillary Mann Leverett), he has challenged Western conventional wisdom on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s foreign policy and internal politics, documented the historical record of previous Iranian cooperation with the United States, and presented the seminal argument in American foreign policy circles for a U.S.-Iranian “grand bargain”. His new book, Going to Tehran: Why the United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic Republic (also co-authored with Hillary Mann Leverett), will be published in 2012.
Dr. Leverett has published opinion pieces in many high-profile venues, including The New York Times, POLITICO, and CNN, and contributes frequently to Foreign Policy. He has been interviewed about Iran and its geopolitics on leading public affairs programs around the world, including Charlie Rose, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Empire and Riz Khan (Al Jazeera English), Viewpoint (Abu Dhabi Television), Spotlight (Russia Today) and Washington Journal (C-Span), as well as in leading publications such as Der Spiegel and Le Monde. Along with Hillary Mann Leverett, he was featured in the PBS Frontline documentary, “Showdown With Iran”, and profiled in Esquire magazine.
Dr. Leverett has spoken about U.S.-Iranian relations at foreign ministries and strategic research centers in Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. He has been a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Yale University.
Dr. Leverett holds a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton University and is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute for Strategic Studies
Anyway question for Anne Marie Slaughter. Why did she say that negotiations with Iran have been exhausted when she was on Washington Journal recently? Also when will Chris Hayes or anyone bring up that IRAN HAS THE RIGHT TO ENRICH URANIUM UP TO 20% based on signing the NPT.
Questions: Why is it that we do not hear more pressure put on Israel to sign the NPT? The last President to demand that Israel open up to inspections was President Kennedy.
When will you folks have real Iranian experts on like Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett?
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Hillary Mann Leverett – Biography
Hillary Mann Leverett is CEO of Strategic Energy and Global Analysis (STRATEGA), a political risk consultancy. In September 2010, she will also take up an appointment as Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs.
Ms. Leverett has more than 20 years of academic, legal, business, diplomatic, and policy experience working on Middle Eastern issues. In the George W. Bush Administration, she worked as Director for Iran, Afghanistan and Persian Gulf Affairs at the National Security Council, Middle East expert on the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff, and Political Advisor for Middle East, Central Asian and African issues at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. From 2001-2003, she was one of a small number of U.S. diplomats authorized to negotiate with the Iranians over Afghanistan, al-Qa’ida and Iraq. In the Clinton Administration, Leverett also served as Political Advisor for Middle East, Central Asian and African issues for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, Associate Director for Near Eastern Affairs at the National Security Council, and Special Assistant to the Ambassador at the U.S. embassy in Cairo. She was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and a Watson Fellowship, and in 1990-1991 worked in the U.S. embassies in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt and Israel, and was part of the team that reopened the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait after the first Gulf War.
Ms. Leverett has published extensively on Iran as well as on other Middle Eastern, Central and South Asian, and Russian issues. She has spoken about U.S.-Iranian relations at Harvard, MIT, the National Defense University, NYU, the Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, and major research centers in China. She has appeared on news and public affairs programs on BBC, CNN, MSNBC, and Al Jazeera (Arabic and English), and was featured in the highly acclaimed BBC documentary, Iran and the West. Along with Flynt Leverett, she appeared in the PBS Frontline documentary, “Showdown With Iran”, and was profiled in Esquire magazine. She has provided expert testimony to the U.S. House Government Reform and Oversight Committee.
Ms. Leverett is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Brandeis University. She also studied at the American University in Cairo and Tel Aviv University.
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Sorry about all of the garbage along with their biographies. I am not savvy with my internet skills although I do a tremendous amount of reading on line. As well as being a junkie of the news right left and center
Too long; didn't read.
I think you've violated their copyrights too. Next time just post a link. Not the entire web page html.
Oh yeah Brett Micheal Rubin was just on Al Jazeera with Hillary Mann Leverett. Micheal Rubin definitely pushed the invasion of Iraq
the two new clips of the Leverett latest interviews are worth the time
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And lets hope and pray that Chris Hayes does not allow any of the guest to repeat that Iran wants to wipe Israel off the map. Total bull. Debunked by Prof Cole and others that that was ever said.
Also please mention that former weapons inspector Robert Kelly has said that much of what was allowed in the lates IAEA report by the new head of the IAEA Amano that former head of the IAEA El Baradei had not allowed in the previous IAEA report on Iran because those claims could not substantiated
Former IAEA Inspector: Misleading Iran Report Proves Nothing
Nov 15, 2011 · ← BACK. November 15, 2011. Former IAEA Inspector: Misleading Iran Report Proves Nothing. Robert Kelley: Latest IAEA report recycles old …
therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&...
My three questions:
1. Anne marie Slaughter why did you recently say on Washington Journal that negotiations with Iran have been "exhausted"
2. Why is there not more pressure on Israel to sign the NPT? Israel and the I lobby threaten Iran almost daily
3. Please mention that Iran has the right to enrich uranium up to 20% as a signatory of the NPT
Too bad you folks did not invite Kelly on your program. Oh yeah Comcast owns you
Center for American Progress’ doubles down with lobby
by Philip Weiss on February 25, 2012 8
More evidence that the only game in Washington is the Israel lobby. The Center for American Progress (CAP), a Democratic Party thinktank under steady attack from neoconservatives for being critical of Israel, has taken on a pr firm associated with Jewish organizations, including the neoconservative Jewish Council for Public Affairs, so as to maintain its street cred. Adam Kredo reports at the Free Beacon:
Earlier this week, Ilene Cohen made the pointed observation that in the eyes of many in the Jewish community, the New York Times is a Jewish house organ and not the paper of record. But this is the political reality of the Democratic establishment; the Israel lobby is in the saddle. Obama raised $1.2 million last June at a dinner at the home of David Cohen, the executive vice president of the company that owns NBC and MSNBC. You can be sure that many of the people who gave $10,000 came from Cohen's network at the Jewish Federations, which he had headed-- and an organization that CAP's new p.r. firm also represented.
As for CAP's new bedfellow, JCPA, here is the thinktank stirring up fears of Iran's "existential" threat to Israel.
Just imagine the pressure on the journalists at CAP not to say that AIPAC is pushing war with Iran...
Really like the show
So are you talking to Merkley about a Volcker rule or about oil? Re Oil: They aren't making it anymore! Sure speculation and the potential of war with Iran can make it go up but ultimately the real problem is that it is a dwindling natural resource and when it is gone it is gone period. It will continue to up and our standard of living will continue to decline until we have a sustainable economy using renewable energy. As far as I am concerned the price of gas going up will only motivate to do things we need to do anyway. Yes, it can lead to a recession but the economy needs to shrink to a sustainable level.
Great work, Kathleen.
A question that may be asked from the guests:
After the 9/11 attacks, Democrats lined up behind an unelected president. Will Iran's Greens do so behind an unelected Ahmadinejad? How did Iranians respond to Saddam's invasion?
Anar Green.
Have to look through my records have lots of interviews marked over the years where many of the same individuals who lied this nation into Iraq plus new war pushers have been repeating the false claims about Iran. Have been obsessive at times.
Know I posted and linked to some of the interviews that Tim Russert did with Cheney soon after the invasion of Iraq where Cheney started pounding on Iran. Where did those links and info go? Know I put them up on this thread or the Iran homework thread. Also Prof Coles debunking of the often repeated neocon line that "Iran wants to wipe Israel off the map" Total bull