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1) Matthew Hoh, senior fellow with the Center For International Policy talks about negotiations between the Trump administration and the Taliban over ending America's longest war in Afghanistan, and the recent firing of Trump's National Security Advisor John Bolton.

2) Philip Weiss, founder and co-editor of Mondoweiss.net, an independent website devoted to informing readers about developments in Israel/Palestine and related US foreign policy discusses the September 17th Israeli election, Prime Minister Netanyahu's pledge to illegally annex the Jordan Valley, 30% of the land in the Palestinian West Bank if he wins a 5th term in office, and the U.S. response.

3) Marge Baker, Executive Vice President of the group People for The American's Way, examines President Trump's nomination of Steven Menashi, a top aid to Education Secretary Besty DeVos and Trump White House attorney, to serve a lifetime appointment on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the controversy over his views on "ethno-nationalism."

4) Green Party presidential candidate Howie Hawkins talks about his campaign - and his call for the declaration of a national climate emergency, criticism of Democratic candidates' climate plans as "insufficient," all relevant to the youth-led international September 20th Global Climate Strike.

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