This Week - Discussion on the Budget Showdown - (06.26.11)

In this episode of 'This Week,' host Christiane Amanpour questions leading members of Congress, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Assistant Minority Leader James Clyburn, D-S.C. Will the two parties reach an agreement on the deficit in time, or could the U.S. default on its debt? Then, George Will, former White House communications director Anita Dunn, Thomson Reuters' Chrystia Freeland and ABC's senior political correspondent Jonathan Karl examine the White House’s clout during the budget showdown. Then, George Will joins ABC News' senior foreign affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz and professor of international politics at Tufts University Vali Nasr to discuss the soldier drawback in Afghanistan.

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