An Investigative Reporter discusses the Afghanistan War. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Is next. 6. T it is monday, january the president now back in washington and congress returning, they will face decisionsl following the targeted u. S. Killing of some em soleimani. E a question for you, how should the u. S. Respond . If you are a democrat, the line to use is 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents and others, 2027488002. Iraq war veterans, special line for you is 2027488003. Cancan also text us, anyone text us on that line, 2027488003. On twitter, we are cspanwj. Our Facebook Page as well. Several of the major news sites and newspapers reporting the stories of the twin developments that happened sunday in iraq and iran with this headline from usa today reflecting this, iraq votes to expel u. S. Troops. In a sign of mounting anger over , iraqsattack Parliament Voted to expel
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Former President Park yohe and her associate choice and still now both serving long prison terms he was given a 5 year sentence for bribery but only served one year before his sentence was cut in half on appeal and he was able to walk free but the prosecution appealed that decision and won a ruling at the Supreme Court which is now resulted in this retrial the case has also highlighted the longstanding controversy over the role of south koreas j. Ball these are family run conglomerates that dominate the economy i dont often accused of wielding too much power prosecution lawyers have told the court that lees alleged bribery was part of a plan to take over the chairmanship of some song from his father it poses a challenge to the current liberal administration of president moon j n seen here at a recent ceremony with a lady unveiling a multibillion dollar investment. Boon has promised to curb the chaebol powers but it comes at a difficult time for south korea and samsung as the tech giant
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Never has a felony come to power hundreds of them are being rounded up and arrested because theyre protesting against the 81 year old president s attempt to change the constitution and to run for a 3rd mandate. Opposition leaders to cues is the president of fuelling ethnic divisions. That we have to fight tribalism in ethnic politics because its dividing us and it could create so much hatred and violence that it could cause a civil war. The information minister why the government are targeting for money but he would not allow us to broadcast the interview this is a touchy subject he explained after several days of protests calm has returned in most neighborhoods but not in full on the areas. This is what remains of a military outpost it was burned to the ground by protesters because its inside a full on the neighborhood and the military has replaced it with this big white tent and theyre just keeping a close watch on the situation because earlier on demonstrators threw stones at them t