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The Close Up Foundation hosted a discussion of the historic peace agreement signed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in September. Representatives of Israeli, Palestinian, …

High school students talked about sexual harassment in schools and took calls from viewers.

The guests discussed the history of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the current controversy over its passage in Congress. The Close Up Foundation hosted the conversation.…

Washington Post Columnist Dorothy Gilliam and CNN Correspondent Candy Crowley spoke on the role of women in the media industry in front of a studio audience consisting primarily of senior ci…

Representative Calvin Dooley(D-CA), discussed the issues related to educating the children of migrant farm workers. Rep. Dooley’s district included the first, second, and third largest agric…

President’s Health Care Reform Task Force Member Robyn Stone and U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott spoke on health care reform before an audience of senior citizens in Washington, DC. Issues brought u…

Susan Hirschmann of the Eagle Forum and Ret. Air Force Brigadier General Vaught debated the issue of women in the U.S. military in a forum before an audience of high-school students. The spe…

Ms. Harrell and Mr. Bolick discussed the issues facing urban Americans in the coming decade, including crime prevention, welfare reform, and economic opportunity for inner city dwellers. The…

Former Senator William Proxmire, D-WI, and Scott Hodge of the Heritage Foundation expressed their views on government waste, including examples of excessive government spending and the Clint…

Handgun control legislation, also called the Brady bill, will be going through Congress this session. The guests presented both sides of the controversial handgun control issue.

Janet Fleischman from Africa Watch and C. Payne Lucas from Africare discussed U.S. foreign policy in Africa, specifically concerning past and current levels of humanitarian aid for victims o…

Ms. Czarnecki and Mayor Ticer spoke in a forum on the current status of women in American politics after 1992, labelled by some the “year of the woman.” Following brief opening remarks, the…

Two analysts familiar with the work and career of the late civil rights activist Malcolm X, Askia Muhammad of Pacifica Radio, and Alvin Thornton of Howard University spoke on the effect of M…

The guests, Robert Hunter of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and As’ad Abukhalil of Georgetown University discussed the situation in Iraq and possible U.S. military actio…

Representative Tom McMillen, D-Maryland, participated in a Close Up Foundation program that discussed the role of athletics in the nation’s high schools and colleges, including recruitment p…

Ambassador Petar Sarcevic and Ambassador Nedzib Sacirbey discussed the current situation in the former Yugoslavia, where Muslims, Croats and Serbs have been engaged in a civil war for months…