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Hillary Clinton Speaks in Salem

By NHPR Staff on Tuesday, October 16, 2007.

New York Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton held a town hall meeting at Salem High School. She gave opening remarks and then took questions from the audience on college tuition, health care, government reform and a number of other issues.

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Clinton Calls For Expanding Family Leave

By Josh Rogers on Tuesday, October 16, 2007.

Democrat Hillary Clinton says the nation must work towards granting all US workers some form of paid medical and family leave.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Josh Rogers has more.

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Tancredo Files For Primary Ballot

By David Darman on Tuesday, October 16, 2007.

Republican candidate Tom Tancredo filed papers and paid one thousand dollars today to officially enter New Hampshire’s Presidential primary.

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Testing the A-Bomb

By Liz Bulkley on Tuesday, October 16, 2007.

Forty-three years ago today, China became the fifth nuclear power with the success of its first atom bomb test. We'll look back at the heyday of American nuclear testing in Nevada, and how those tests affected the people involved. We'll hear from scientists, test officials and residents who lived downwind from the explosions.

Tonight's show is part one of the documentary, Dirty Harry: When the American Dream Became a Nightmare, produced by the National Radio Project and part of the Making Contact radio series.

Click here to listen to Part Two of the documentary. You can also listen to Part Two at the Public Radio Exchange.

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Giuliani Fights Back on Tax Issue

By Dan Trudeau on Tuesday, October 16, 2007.

Republican presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani drew a lot of attention with a pointed exchange during a debate last week in Michigan.

At one point Romney accused Giuliani of exaggerating his role as a tax cutter during his tenure as mayor of New York City.

On Sunday in Exeter, Giuliani refuted Romney’s attacks.

NHPR Correspondent Dan Trudeau has more.

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Presidential Candidates on Iraq: The Democrats

By Laura Knoy on Tuesday, October 16, 2007.

The first in a two-part special this week on the Iraq war and the presidential race! We look first at the Democratic candidates, all of whom criticize President Bush’s conduct in Iraq, but differ among themselves on what to do there. Our guests will flesh out the differences and similarities of the candidates in the Democratic field.

Guests

  • Dean Spiliotes, New Hampshire-based political analyst, formerly with the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College, and author of NHPoliticalCapital.com
  • Bill Martel, Associate Professor of International Security Studies at the Tufts University Fletcher School of Diplomacy
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