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Democratic U.S. Congressman Paul Hodes
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  In his first year he was elected President of his freshman class, landed spots on key committees and enjoyed the ride of a newly-Democratic Congress. We’ll look back with Paul Hodes on his first year on Capitol Hill and look ahead to this year, including his thoughts on the stimulus package, Iraq, and border security. Guest
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In the last two and a half years over 700 Palestinians in Gaza, including 126 children, have been killed by the Israelis. There's been, during that time, 8 people in Israel killed by Qassam Rocket attacks. These figures come from B'Tselem an Israeli human rights group. It is, indefensible, to target civilians of either side. It's also, obvious, that most of the victims in this conflict are Palestinian civilians. Ms. Louise Ardour, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, notes the people of Gaza are being "systematically deprived of almost all their human rights" even of life itself. It's time for the United States to call for a lifting of Israel's blockade of Gaza and negotiations with Hamas. Hamas has offered to come to the peace table, without preconditions. John S. Hancock