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Washington Journal for Tuesday, August 21

Washington, DC

Julie Sobel, National Journal's "Hotline on Call" Deputy Editor (@hotlineoncall)

Topic: Guest will discuss the latest in the MO Senate Race.  Some Republican Senators have asked Missouri GOP Senate nominee Todd Akin to resign the nomination Monday in light of his provocative comments on rape.

Ed O'Keefe, Washington Post, "2Chambers" Blogger (@edatpost)

Topic: Guest will discuss the latest developments in the presidential campaign; news reporting from the presidential campaign trail; and coverage of the congressional races this year.

Anthony Carnevale, Georgetown University, Ctr. on Education & Workforce (@CntrEdWrkfrce)

Topic: Guest will discuss a new study that found almost half of the jobs lost in the recession have been recovered and virtually all of those jobs required some form of postsecondary education. “The College Advantage: Weathering the Economic Storm” was conducted by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce and the Lumina Foundation for Education, the nation's largest private foundation committed solely to enrolling and graduating more students from college.

Guy Benson, Townhall.com, Political Editor (@guypbenson)

Topic: Washington Journal’s Online Media series will feature a variety of reporters and writers from different online publications, both conservative and liberal in leaning. Guests will discuss the organization they represent, how stories are selected, how they view their role in online news, and news of the day. Guy Benson will discuss his work at Townhall, a conservative online news and media source.  Benson’s general beat is the 2012 campaign.

Updated: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 3:53pm (ET)

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