This Week (4.15.12) Podcast

In this week’s episode, ABC’s George Stephanopoulos speaks with Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner about the country’s fiscal situation. The economy continues to add over 100,000 jobs a month, but thousands have also given up looking for work. President Obama could face an uphill battle if the unemployment rate remains above eight percent through November, but the head of the Treasury is optimistic that growth will continue. At the roundtable, Paul Gigot, editorial page editor of the Wall Street Journal, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, editor of the nation, political commentator Cokie Roberts, Romney campaign adviser Kevin Madden, and Mellody Barnes who headed domestic policy under the administration discussed the economy and politics.

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This Week (4.8.12) Podcast

In this week’s episode, ABC’s Jake Tapper interviews world-renowned Pastor Rick Warren about faith, religion, and politics. In Warren’s invocation at President Obama’s inauguration in 2009, the pastor called for civility in America, and today he says Americans still struggle to walk hand-in-hand without seeing eye-to-eye. At the political roundtable, commentator George Will, editor of Thomson Reuters digital Chrystia Freeland, The Washington Bureau Chief for Yahoo News David Chalian, Wall Street Journal Columnist Peggy Noonan, and author and Georgetown University Professor Michael Eric Dyson discuss the President’s harsh words for Congressman Paul Ryan’s budget plan and his criticism of the Supreme Court.

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This Week (12.11.11) - ABC's Republican Presidential Debate

In this episode, Christiane Amanpour discusses ABC's Republican Presidential debate in Iowa. Jon Huntsman, who did not qualify for the debate, talks about his recent successes and campaign initiatives in New Hampshire. Christiane also discussed the debate and the personal attacks between the top two candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich during the round table with ABC's Chief White House Correspondent Jake Tapper, Senior Political Correspondent Jon Karl, and John Berman. Finally, in the second round table, Christiane spoke with George Will, Republican strategist Leslie Sanchez, Democratic Strategist, Donna Brazile, and Des Moines Register Columnist Kathy Obradovitch. 

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