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New Hampshire’s utility regulators have finished hearing testimony about Fairpoint’s proposed 2.7 billion dollar purchase of Verizon’s Northern New England telephone network.

During the hearings, critics and regulators raised concerns about Fairpoint’s finances, and the company’s ability to extend broadband to thousands more customers.

But company officials argued they can deliver what they promise and make their business grow.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s David Darman has more.

The war in Iraq has taken center stage on foreign policy talk by the candidates. But Turkey, China, North Korea, Afghanistan and especially Iran are foreign policy hotspots that could also gain prominence as the campaign progresses. In the first of a two-part series, we’ll find out what the Republican candidates are saying and how they're trying to differentiate themselves from not only the Democrats, but from their fellow Republican challengers.

Guests

• Wayne Lesperance, Associate Professor of Political Science at New England College
• Jen Donahue, Senior Advisor for Political Affairs at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College.