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Washington Journal for Wednesday, June 20

Washington, DC

Josh Gerstein, Politico, White House Reporter

Topic: Discuss today’s pending contempt vote against Attorney General Eric Holder in the House Government Affairs Committee. 

Luis CdeBaca, State Dept. Office to Monitor & Combat Trafficking in Persons

Topic: Guest will discuss a new State Department report on the global battle against human trafficking.The State Department estimates that  as many as 27 million men, women, and children around the world are victims of this “modern slavery.”

Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND), Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry Cmte. Member

Topic: Late Monday, the Senate reached a deal on the farm bill.  Guest will discuss how he’ll vote this week on the proposed legislation, the transportation bill that has stalled in Congress, as well as his thoughts on the Keystone Pipeline, following a call by the Administration to review the impact of the revised pipeline route.

Julie Sobel, National Journal's "Hotline On Call," Deputy Editor

Topic:  Guest will discuss the latest in the "NJ Big 10" series which features news and in-depth analysis on the ten most critical Senate races for 2012. Today’s installment will focus on the open North Dakota Senate race.   Recent polls show the race is neck-and-neck between former state Attorney General Heidi Heitkamp (D) and Rep. Rick Berg (R).

Peter Elkind, Fortune Magazine, Editor at Large

Topic: As part of our Spotlight on Magazine series, Fortune Magazine Editor at Large Peter Elkind joins us on Wednesday, June 20th to discuss his story, part of a six month investigation for Fortune magazine about the collapse of MF Global, the role former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine played in the company’s collapse and the impact of the company’s demise on the financial sector.

Updated: Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 1:57pm (ET)

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