• Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about the economy and to question the legality of recycling TARP funds by Geithner and the Obama administration.
• Former Olympic figure skater and cancer survivor Scott Hamilton calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about his battle with cancer and his charitable with with Target House.
• Patrick Campbell, Chief Legislative Counsel for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans for America, calls in at 8:06am Pacific to talk about the shooting incident at Camp Liberty in Baghdad.
• An American soldier suspected of killing five U.S. soldiers and wounding 4 others at a stress clinic at Camp Liberty in Baghdad yesterday had been disarmed earlier after a dispute at the facility but came back with another weapon. The soldier, who is in custody, had gone to the clinic earlier in the day and got into a verbal altercation with someone there.
• The U.S. replaced the top allied commander in Afghanistan yesterday, deciding “fresh eyes” are needed to reverse the course of the seven-year-old war there, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said. Gen. David McKiernan will be replaced by Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, a former special operations chief.
• President Obama yesterday welcomed the health care industry’s promise to cut $2 Trillion in costs over 10 years and vowed to keep working tirelessly to find a solution to the problem of uninsured Americans. Obama has offered an outline for overhauling the health care system and he wants Congress to pass legislation this year.
