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ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push. With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

Meme:
- The Reid/Pelosi/Feingold Doctrine: Let every nation (and NGO) know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any foe, oppose any friend, in order to assure the defeat and the failure of liberty, particularly if it hurts McChimpy Bushitler
- Cynical and dishonest political manipulation that puts thousands of lives at risk are the smart politics of the all powerful Dhimmicrats
- Staring at your navel is the best way to handle all problems... oh, and getting a clueless celebrity to speak out is also good
Topics:
- The Secretary of State discusses
  - The President's impending veto over war funding
  - The revelations in the new book by George Tenet
- A Republican and a Dhimmicrat Senator discuss the war in Iraq and its impact on 2008
- Voices segment:
  - Natalie Portman on her upcoming documentary on the vital role that microfinancing plays for women in third world countries.
Guests
- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
  - State Department web site | Bio | White House Bio
  - Violence in Iraq fuels increase in terror (NewKerala.com, India - Apr 28, 2007)
  - Bush: Rice Would Carry Tough Message To Iran (Persian Journal, Iran - Apr 27, 2007)
  - Rice at NATO: Missile defense no threat (Sacramento Bee, CA - Apr 26, 2007)
  - The West Needs a Defense System That Works (Southwest Nebraska News, NE - Apr 28, 2007)
  - House Panel Votes to Subpoena Condoleezza Rice (NewsMax.com, FL - Apr 25, 2007)
  - House Arrest (Slate - Apr 26, 2007)
  - Rice unlikely to heed House panel's subpoena (San Jose Mercury News, CA - Apr 27, 2007)
  - Poet has choice words for Condoleezza Rice (Albany Times Union, NY - Apr 26, 2007)
- Senator Russ Feingold, Democrat - Wisconsin
  - Senate web site | Bio (kinda, not really)
  - FEINGOLD INTRODUCES IRAQ REDEPLOYMENT ACT OF 2007 (After Downing Street.org - Apr 10, 2007)
  - WH Promises Veto After Senate Passes Iraq Pullout Bill (CNSNews.com, VA - Apr 26, 2007)
  - Democrats prepare veto response (Green Bay Press Gazette, WI - Apr 27, 2007)
  - MSNBC debate questions on Iraq, immigration, and national security based on false premises (Media Matters for America, DC - Apr 26, 2007)
  - Reid's Glass House (Human Events, DC - Apr 26, 2007)
  - Editorial: Feingold's listening (The Capital Times, WI - Apr 27, 2007)
  - Campaign finance case hinges on Alito's vote (The Capital Times, WI - Apr 26, 2007)
  - Campaign finance needs more reform (Lincoln Journal, MA - Apr 26, 2007)
- Senator Sam Brownback, Republican - Kansas
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Republican presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
  - Senator Has New Plan To Partition Iraq (CBS News, NY - Apr 27, 2007)
  - Donor Scorecard: God, Pizza and Sam Brownback (Harper's Magazine, NY - Apr 25, 2007)
  - Sen. Brownback touts 'pro-life, whole life' message for '08 (Christian Science Monitor, MA - Apr 25, 2007)
  - Catholic Candidates Clash (Washington Post, DC - Apr 23, 2007)
  - Dodd, Brownback clash politically despite shared Catholic faith (The Advocate, CA - Apr 24, 2007)
  - Brownback, Dodd Discuss Politics and Religion (NewsMax.com, FL - Apr 24, 2007)
  - Senator Sam Brownback Talks Gun Control (WIBW, KS - Apr 22, 2007)
  - Sen. Sam Brownback Backs Flat Tax (NewsMax.com, FL - Apr 16, 2007)
- "Voices" segment
  - Actress Natalie Portman
    - IMDB web page
    - In Focus: Natalie Portman and Microfinance (Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria (transcript) - Aug 5, 2005) Note: second story on page
- Roundtable
  - Martha Raddatz
    - ABC News Chief White House Correspondent | Bio
    - Author The Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family
    - The storm after the calm (Enter Stage Right, Canada - Apr 1, 2007)
  - Fareed Zakaria
    - Editor Newsweek International
    - Web site | Bio (warning, launches pop-under ad)
    - "Working" in what sense? (Power Line, MN - Apr 1, 2007)
    - Losing another war in Asia (The News-Press, FL - Apr 25, 2007)
  - George Will
    - Synidcated Columnist
    - China's mix of business, democracy (Bangor Daily News, ME - Apr 26, 2007)
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