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Actor Kevin Kline advocates for diabetes research
Kevin Kline is not only an Oscar winning actor, he's also a co chair of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Advocacy Program and a parent to a child diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Aaron Kowalski, Ph.D. is a researcher with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and suffers from type 1 diabetes himself. Both join Kiran Chetry and Carol Costello this morning to discuss the importance of increasing funding for research on juvenile diabetes.
Kline shares how he and his family are personally affected by the gravity of the disease. Kowalski offers his thoughts about a potential cure in the future from great strides made today. Both will testify before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs today to urge federal officials to advance the testing of artificial pancreas systems, which could dramatically change the day-to-day management of type 1 diabetes.
Question of the Day: What do you want to hear from the President tonight?
(CNN) President Barack Obama will deliver a highly anticipated speech Wednesday evening at 8pm ET about troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
On Tuesday, an administration official told CNN that Obama will announce that 30,000 U.S. "surge" forces will be fully withdrawn from Afghanistan by the end of 2012. However, outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates has pushed for additional time to roll back Taliban gains in the country before starting any significant drawback.
American Morning wants to know: What do you want to hear from the President tonight?
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CNN Heroes: Giving Vietnam's street kids a chance
Hanoi, Vietnam (CNN) - Five years ago, Pham Binh Minh was a 15-year-old spending his nights on the streets of Hanoi, Vietnam's capital.
With his father dead and his mother too poor to adequately feed or clothe him, Pham survived by collecting and selling scrap.
"I didn't have time to make friends," he said. "The friends I did have ... would take me to do work that wasn't good. ... We would rob and steal from people. ... I was scared I would get arrested. I was scared people would hit me. I felt unsafe."
It's an all-too-common story in Hanoi, where many Vietnamese youth - often poor children from outside the city - seek opportunity. If they're lucky, they're able to get by working odd jobs such as shining shoes or selling trinkets.
"Kids come to the streets hoping that it'll be better than living in poverty in the countryside, but often they find that things are much worse for them here," said Michael Brosowski, whose nonprofit foundation helps Vietnamese street children turn their lives around.
It was through Brosowski's Blue Dragon Children's Foundation that Pham was able to graduate high school and enroll in college. Since 2004, Blue Dragon has helped more than 350 Vietnamese children get off the streets and into school.
Mayors pass resolution against wars in Iraq, Afghanistan
This week, we're taking an in-depth look at States in Crisis. Across the country, one thing they seem to have in common is a sea of red ink.
To that end, the U.S. Conference of Mayors is now on record, calling for an early end to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. They say the money spent on the wars should be put to use at home.
This morning on American Morning, Kiran Chetry speaks with Madison, Wisconsin Mayor Paul Soglin and Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett about their support for the U.S. Conference of Mayors resolution to end the wars.
In Depth: New billboard campaign in Seattle unmasks child sex trade
This week, CNN's In Depth series, "The CNN Freedom Project," is highlighting the growing efforts to stop the trade and exploitation of human beings.
This morning, Linda Smith, founder and president of Shared Hope International and former US Representative, talks with Carol Costello about her organization's new billboard campaign, "Do You Know Lacy?."
Aimed at raising awareness of child sex trafficking by focusing on the plight of Lacy, one young girl who represents the thousands of children being prostituted in the US and around the world, the campaign will soon launch nationally.
FDA unveils graphic new cigarette warning labels
This morning, the FDA announced their final choices for the large graphic warning labels to be put on cigarette packs starting in the fall of 2012. Covering half of the pack, these images aim to show what cigarette smoke does to your body.
Senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen joins Kiran Chetry and Carol Costello on American Morning to reveal the selection of images and to explain how effective similar anti-smoking warning labels have been in other countries.
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