Ashby, Wally Sojourner, Sabrina Nnamdi, Kojo

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Episode Number: 41601WAMU political commentator Mark Plotkin, Tod Lindberg of "The Policy Review", and Askia Muhammad of "The Washington Informer" discuss varied topics in three segments. The first segment discusses the incident involving a Navy spy plane and the Hainan Islands of China. The second segment discusses the Bush administrations 2002 budget proposal in which he makes severe cuts to social and environmental programs but invests more into oil. They also discuss the Cincinnati, OH riots sparked by the police shooting of an unarmed 19 year old African American male, Timothy Thomas. The televised execution of Timothy McVeigh is briefly touched on. The ruling of Circuit Court Judge James Garrett in favor of bringing secretly recorded audio against KKK member Thomas Blanton, Jr for the 1963 bombing of a church in Birmingham is brought up. The last segment covers a number of medical news highlights including: a new funding agreement with D.C. General Hospital, the medical privacy ruling, and the use of human fat cells as non-

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