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Today’s Schedule:

6 AM: WPKN Mornings with Chris Teskey: music, news, community announcements

8 PM: Counterpoint: Scott Harris with interviews on topics of the day

Tonight’s guests are:

Osamah Khalil co-director of Al-Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network, assesses the status of Middle East peace talks, Israeli settlement expansion policy and the Obama administration’s options to improve the prospects of negotiating a peace deal.

Barbara Kennelly, President and CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare, and former CT Representative in the U.S. Congress for 17 years, reacts to the proposal released by the chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, which calls for the raising of the retirement age to 69, reduces cost of living adjustments, cuts Social Security and Medicare benefits.

William Hartung, Director of the Arms and Security Initiative at the New America Foundation talks about why Republicans in the U.S. Senate are delaying ratification of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) between the United States and Russia.

Jon Green executive director of the Working Families Party of Connecticut discusses the state’s November 4th election results and his group’s agenda in 2011.

Some segments of Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio newsmagazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 – podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts.  An archive of Counterpoint programs is here.

10 PM: D J Mondavi fills in for Chris Ferrio

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