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May 24, 2007
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House Backs Off Iraq Timetable

The House today is poised to approve a war-funding bill that would fund the Iraq war through September without setting a timetable for withdrawal. We speak with Rick Klein of ABC News.

A Conversation with Damien Cave

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We speak with New York Times Baghdad-based reporter Damien Cave about securing Baghdad, the troop surge and the search for missing U.S. soldiers.

Supreme Decider

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Justice Anthony Kennedy has cast the deciding vote in all 12 of the Supreme Court’s 5-to-4 rulings. We speak to Garrett Epps of the University of Oregon School of Law about Kennedy “the decider.”

Sports with Bill Littlefield

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A look at the week in sports with Only A Game host Bill Littlefield.

The Best TV Theme Songs

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Are TV theme songs today as good as they were way back when? Reporter Keith O’Brien takes a listen and lets us know.

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