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WOLF BLITZER, CNN: ... It's a bold and controversial move. The California governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, calling for universal health insurance in his state. Is it, though, part of a national trend? Let's turn to CNN's Mary Snow. She's joining us from New York with the story -- Mary.

MARY SNOW, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Wolf, with no clear solutions in sight, health experts say many states will be looking to California for answers on how to fix healthcare.

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JONATHAN MANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Building dreams in Dubai. A tiny synthetic city-state has transformed itself and is now literally changing the landscape around it, making its own new world out of oil money and ambition.Hello and welcome...Joining us now to talk about it is the author of that "National Geographic" piece, former Reuters correspondent based in Dubai, Afshin Molavi, now of the New America Foundation...Let me ask you first of all, Dubai does not have all that much… more

JOHN KING: Our "Top Story" in diplomacy tonight: the growing tension between the United States and Iran.Tomorrow, the United Nations votes on U.S.-supported sanctions to punish Iran for its nuclear program. But some people in this country, including members of the Iraq Study Group, think it is time the United States started talking to Iran. And now two former government officials accuse the White House of trying to silence the debate on the issue, while laying the groundwork,… more

JOHN ROBERTS, CNN ANCHOR, THIS WEEK AT WAR: President Bush and Iraq's prime minister, was it anything more than just a grand photo op? Will it have any effect on the situation on the ground in Iraq?

The Iraq study group says, pull out the troops. President Bush says, no, hell, no, in fact. And as the world wrestles over words to describe the violence in Iraq, we'll take a look at just what makes up a civil war. I'm John… more

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: We have reached another grim milestone in Iraq. It's hard to believe, but the U.S. has now been fighting in Iraq longer than its involvement in World War II.

But with no end in sight, many are comparing the situation in Iraq to another troubled conflict, Vietnam.

And the death toll is rising. We are closing in on 3,000 U.S. troops killed. More than 21,000 injured. And then, of course, there are the civilians. Countless of… more

The Nov. 17 edition of CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight" included a segment on student loan reform that prominently featured Michael Dannenberg, director of New America's Education Policy Program.

A video excerpt of that piece is available at right, while the relevant portion of the transcript is included below. For the complete transcript and video, please visit the CNN website.

 

ANNOUNCER: This is LOU DOBBS TONIGHT, news, debate and opinion for Friday, November 17th.

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New America's Whitehead Senior Fellow Michael Lind was a featured guest on CNN's Oct. 16 edition of "Lou Dobbs Tonight." Lind discussed his new book, The American Way of Strategy, and its contention that U.S. foreign policy has drifted dangerously off course.

The topics covered by Lind and CNN host Kitty Pilgrim included defense spending, immigration and President Bush's "radical and unwise departure from the historic American way of strategy."

Video of Lind's appearance is available at right,… more

Wolf Blitzer is off today. I'm John King. You're in THE SITUATION ROOM.

First another major developing story, the deadline has passed. The defiance remains. The United Nations Watchdog Agency reports that Iran continues its nuclear activities and Iran is daring the world to do something about it...

To read the rest of the interview, please visit the CNN website.