Jan 6 8:30 PM

How did the situation on the ground in Iraq unravel?

Tribal fighters who have been deployed onto the streets patrol in the city of Fallujah, Iraq on Jan. 5, 2014
Photo by Reuters

How did the situation on the ground in Iraq unravel?

Guests:

Ross Caputi
A former U.S. Marine who fought in the second battle for Fallujah.
Director, Justice for Fallujah (@JusticeFallujah).

Douglas Ollivant @DouglasOllivant
Senior national security fellow, New America Foundation (@NewAmerica).

Jacob Shapiro
Assistant professor of politics and international affairs, Princeton University.

Learn more about developments in Iraq, via The Washington Post.

Fifty years later, was President Lyndon Johnson's war on poverty a success or a bust?

Guests:

Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell
Senior fellow at the Cato Institute (@CatoInstitute).

Melissa Boteach @mboteach
Director of Half in Ten (@HalfinTen) and the Poverty and Prosperity Program at Center for American Progress (@amprog).

Is Hillary Clinton running a shadow campaign for 2016?

Guest:

Katie Glueck @katie_glueck
Reporter, Politico

Learn more via Politico.

Could suffering from anxiety actually help some succeed?

Guest:

Scott Stossel @SStossel
Editor, The Atlantic and author of "My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind."

How closely does Downton Abbey reflect what life was like for British servants at the time? 

Guest:

Lucy Lethbridge
Author of “Servants: A Downstairs History of Britain from the Nineteenth Century to Modern Times." 

Tune in to Consider This at 10pm ET/7pm PT on Al Jazeera America. Join the conversation during the show by following our social accounts: @AJConsiderThis@HermelaTV, and @AMoraTV.

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