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October 4, 2006
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Foley Scandal Taking Toil on GOP

A new Wall Street Journal poll shows support for the Republican party is slipping in the wake of the scandal involving Congressman Mark Foley.

Asia News Update

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North Korea announces that it’s planning a nuclear test, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is moving to improve relations with both China and South Korea, and a graft inquiry is widening in China.

Invisible Border

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The Boeing Corporation has received a contract to build a 7,500 mile virtual fence along the U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada using infrared sensors, drones, and unmanned cameras. How will the fence work and is it feasible?

A Former Page’s Perspective

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Guest: Jonathan Turley, law professor at George Washington University and one-time Capitol Hill page.

A Walk in Walden Woods

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We take a walk in Walden Woods with Harvard professor and two-time Pulitzer Prize winning biologist E.O. Wilson, the author of “The Creation.”

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