This Week (7.31.11) - No Budget Deal Reached Yet As Default Deadline Nears

In this episode, Christiane Amanpour interviews the President's top political advisor David Plouffe about the view from the white house on the debt stalemate. Then Amanpour chats with republican senator Lindsey Graham on the search for consensus within his own party on the deficiet debate. Amanpour also hosts a roundtable with George Will, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, And ABC Chief Political Correspondent George Stephanopoulos to discuss the final hours of the debt ceiling debate. Finally, Amanpour talks with ABC's David Muir who reports on the country's epic famine.   

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This Week (7.10.11)

In this week’s episode, Christiane Amanpour discusses with White House Chief of Staff, Bill Daley concern regarding the federal government’s debt crisis.  Then Christian hosts a roundtable discussion with George Will, Democratic Strategist, Donna Brazile, Al Hunt, Executive Washington Editor of Bloomberg News, and ABC Senior Political Correspondent, Jon Karl, to speak about the battle over raising the debt ceiling.  And finally, International Monetary Fund’s new chief Christine Lagarde joins Amanpour regarding global anxiety over the prospect of an American debt default. 

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This Week (05.16.11)

On this episode of This Week, Christiane interviews South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley about the debt ceiling, GOP presidential primary candidates, and foul play in campaign politics. Cokie Roberts, George Will, and Amy Walter join Christiane for a political roundtable centering on potential GOP presidential candidates. What to do about the debt ceiling? Christiane discusses the U.S. options with economic advisor Doug Holtz-Eakin, Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman, FDIC Chairman Sheila Blair And Roger Altman, a former Deputy Treasury Secretary in the Clinton Administration.

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