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Former NASA astronaut reflects on Discovery's final mission
Space Shuttle Discovery will be touching down on earth for the last time Wednesday, bringing an end to its 27-year career.
Former NASA astronaut Col. Bob Springer flew on Discovery in 1989 and talks to American Morning's Kiran Chetry about the space shuttle's final mission and legacy.
Is a no-fly zone in Libya an option?
How likely is a no-fly zone in Libya and would it work?
Former Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns says the United States is in a difficult position but says humanitarian aid and intimidation might smart tactics for the international community to employ.
Amb. Burns talks to American Morning's Kiran Chetry about the situation in Libya.
King: "The overwhelming majority of Muslims are outstanding patriots"
Rep. Peter King (R-NY) will be holding Congressional hearings on home-grown terrorism Thursday, but critics say the hearings are putting Islam on trial.
Rep. King says, he wants Americans "to realize the extent to which Al Qaeda is attempting to radicalize within the Muslim-American community" and also says he "the overwhelming majority of Muslims are outstanding patriots".
CNN's T.J. Holmes talks to Rep. King about the hearings.
Erin Brockovich pens novel about environmental activist
Erin Brockovich, best known from the movie named after her and about her life, is an environmental activist with a knack for writing.
Brockovich has written a new novel about an environmental activist, in hopes that her real-life mission might be embraced by readers through fiction. Brockovich talks to American Morning's Kiran Chetry about her new novel "Rock Bottom".
Wis. State Sen. Jon Erpenbach: "I wish we could be home right now"
More than two weeks after he and his Democratic colleagues fled Wisconsin to avoid a vote on the state budget, Wisconsin State Senator Jon Erpenbach remains in Chicago.
The Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller sent a letter to Gov. Scott Walker and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald asking to "resume serious discussions" Monday but Gov. Walker responded saying Sen. Miller is not open to negotiations. Is there a rift among Wisconsin's Democrats? When will they return home? Sen. Erpenbach talks to T.J. Holmes from Chicago about the latest in the Wisconsin state budget battle.
Obama reverses stance on Gitmo
On his second full day in office, President Obama signed an executive order that would shut down the prison within a year, but the President is now saying the U.S. will resume military tribunals for terror detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
CNN Senior Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin talks about Obama's political change of heart with Kiran Chetry and T.J. Holmes.
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