Nov 4 8:00 PM

Why do some Pakistanis oppose a US drone strike killing a Taliban leader?

Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud (center) with other militants in the South Waziristan area of Pakistan on October 4, 2009.
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US-Pakistani relations strained following drone strike that killed Taliban leader

Amb. Akbar Ahmed, the former Pakistani ambassador to the United Kingdom, and Adil Najam, a professor of international relations at Boston University, join Consider This host Antonio Mora to discuss how diplomacy between the United States and Pakistan is affected by a Friday drone strike that killed Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the Taliban in Pakistan.

Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) clears Senate hurdle

Tico Almeida, the founder and president of the LGBT organization Freedom to Work, and Mia Macy, a transgender former police detective who sued the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, join Antonio Mora to weigh in on Obama's statement in favor of a bill that would outlaw workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation. The bill would need to pass both houses of Congress to be made into law.

Should athletes be allowed to use marijuana?

Patrick Hruby, a writer for Sports on Earth — a USA Today/MLB Advanced Media collaboration, joins Antonio Mora to discuss why he thinks sports leagues should relax anti-marijuana policies.

Are there other Earth-like planets?

Derrick Pitts, the chief astronomer at the Franklin Institute, joins Antonio Mora to discuss the latest headlines in space exploration, including India's preparations to launch an unmanned orbiter to Mars and astronomers' estimates that "there could be as many as 40 billion habitable Earth-size planets in the galaxy."

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