What will be the U.S. role in the South Sudan crisis?

What will be the U.S. role in the South Sudan crisis?

Guest:

Amb. Princeton Lyman 
Former U.S. special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, and senior advisor to the president for the U.S. Institute of Peace.

Read more about the conflict in South Sudan, via Al Jazeera America. 

Do US officials want Assad to lead Syria?

Guest:

Nader Hashemi
Co-editor of "The Syria Dilemma" and director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver (@josefkorbel). 

2013's "do-nothing" Congress on track for least legislative output

Guest: 

Jason Johnson @DrJasonJohnson
Politics editor of The Source magazine and professor of political science at Hiram College.

Read more about the year in U.S. government, via Al Jazeera America.

Could expiring unemployment benefits lead to the first congressional battle of 2014? 

Guest:

Sabrina Siddiqui @SabrinaSiddiqui
Politics reporter at The Huffington Post.

How is entrepreneur and investor Peter Shankman helping people go home for the holidays?

Read how Shankman is repurposing his frequent flier miles. 

Guests: 

Peter Shankman @petershankman
Principal at Shankman Honig, author, and marketer.  

Sarah and Indiana Jones  
Two winners of Peter Shankman's Home for the Holidays program. 

Can a Christmas Eve spacewalk fix the International Space Station?

Guest:

Derrick Pitts @CoolAstronomer   
Chief astronomer of the Franklin Institute Science Museum

Note: Today we are joined by special guest host David Shuster. Antonio Mora will be back on Tues., Dec. 24.

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