720P:  Ann Marlowe, Wall Street Journal, Tunku Varadarajan, Hoover, with Simon Constable, DowJones Newswire, re the new plan from the Obama administration in Afghanistan.  Text: Obama's Remarks  Obama Defines New Afghan Strategy Obama unveiled a strategy that devotes more resources to combat Afghan narcotics and boost development in Pakistan.  Holbrooke holds back

735P: Professional Roundtable Jodi Schneider, CQ, Mona Charen, NRO, John Fund, Wall Street Journal, re Tim Geithner's peculiar week, re POTUS meets the bankers: List of CEOs at Meeting Re the POTUS goes to Europe.  Obama to Woo Public on Europe Trip

750P:  Continued re the AIG flap goes away, or does it?  Re Cap and Trade, or Healthcare for all?  Senate Panel Clears $3.6 Trillion Budget Obama's fiscal agenda gained steam, as a Senate panel embraced a $3.6 trillion budget that Republicans complained would pile up a huge federal debt

805P: Caroline Salas,  Bloomberg, with Simon Constable, DowJones Newswire, re Eat-What-You-Kill Bond Traders Rise From Wall Street Wreckage: Eat-What-You-Kill Bond Traders Rise From Wreckage (Update2) March ...

820P:  Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, re North Korea threatens to launch the missile, re Japan will shoot down missile parts, re Tom Geithner misspeaks re the dollar, re China wants a new world currency, why?  Japan to Shoot Down Missile Debris  

835: Financial Professionals, with Tom Donlan, Barron's, John Tamny, RealClearMarkets.com, Simon Constable, Dow Jones,  Aaron Task, Blame the Dollar For Worldwide Pain - Daniel Ben-Ami, Fund Strategy  Is Geithner's Plan Too Big To Succeed? - Scott Jagow, Scratch Pad

850P: Continued, The Dangerous Banking-Witch Hunt - Camilla Cavendish, Times of London  Treasury Is Mum Over TARP Funds

905P:  Aaron Klein, WND, re the reports of the IAF air raid on a weapons convoy in the Sudan bound for Hamas in Gaza in January, re where and when the strike, and what response from Hamas, from Sudan, from Iran?   Israel Disputes Soldiers' Accounts of Gaza Abuses

920P: Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents Major Jewish Organizations, re Netanyahu forms a government with Barak's Labor?  Re Iran's elections already decided, re the Obama administration and Hamas.

935P: Tom Jones and Ellen Stofan, authors "Planetology: Unlocking the Secrets of the Solar System," re the stunning growth in planetology, not only in the rocky and wet inner planets of Earth and Mars and Venus, but also in the gas giant Saturn and the moons of Saturn and Jupiter, especially Titan, Europa and Enceladus, re extremophiles, re the evidence of planetary bombardment on Earth.

955P: Exeunt re  Bob Zimmerman, author, "Universe in a Mirror, re Discovery mission to ISS, re Jonah at Canaveral when a wrench falls on tiles of the prepping Atlantis for the Hubble rescue mission in May.  Re 

Mount Redoubt. The volcano on the west side of Cook Inlet erupted Thursday morning sending ash clouds an estimated 65,000 feet into the air dusting the towns on the Kenai Peninsula including the towns of Kenai, Ninilchik and Homer.

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705P PT: .  David Reilly, Bloomberg, Banks' Hidden Junk Menaces $1 Trillion Purge: David Reilly March ...  The Dangerous Banking-Witch Hunt - Camilla Cavendish, Times of London

Banks' Hidden Junk Menaces $1 Trillion Purge: David Reilly March 25 (Bloomberg) -- The US government wants to clear as much as $1 trillion in soured loans ...

720P:  Jamil Anderlini, Financial Times, Beijing, China urges switch from dollar as reserve currency China's central bank yesterday proposed replacing the US dollar as the international reserve currency with a new global regime...  Beijing scuppers $2.4bn Coke move  China yesterday rejected a $2.4bn Coca-Cola deal that would have been the country's biggest foreign take-over, stoking fears

735P:  Professional Roundtable with with Diana West, author, Larry Johnson, No Quarter and State (ret), Margaret Hoover, FNC, re Obama administration vs the bankers Bank CEOs Meet at White House.

750P: Continued re Timothy Geithner and the China regime, re the AIG flap, week 2.  Big Three anchors heading to London

805P: Professional roundtable with Bill Whalen, Hoover, Craig Unger, Vanity Fair, John Avlon, DailyBeast.com, re California unemployment headed to 12%  Bad blood: GOP infighting on budget.  Reid: Roberts 'didn't tell us the truth'

820P:  Continued re New York Times Will Cut Salaries.   Bad news week for newspapers    Obama's TV Tour Still Boosts Ratings

835P:  Rick Doble and Tom Philbin, authors, "Cheaper: Insider Tips for Saving on Everything,"   Rick Doble is the king of haggling and has been teaching people how to save money on his website, in his newsletter, and in magazines for fifteen years. He lives in Smyrna, North Carolina. Tom Philbin writes both fiction and nonfiction. He is the author of How to Hire a Home Improvement Contractor Without Getting Chiseled and other books on saving money. He lives in Centerport, New York. 

850P: Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, the POTUS goes to Europe, headed to the semi-Islamic state of Turkey, and why?   Why Turkey Matters To The U.S. Obama will need all of his diplomatic skills in Ankara.

905P:  Douglas E.  Schoen, co-author with Michael Rowan, "The Threat Closer to Home: Hugo Chavez and the War Against America," re the intelligentm savvy, sophisticated and determined Hugo Chavez who see his success against American interests as a success for his revolution.

920P: Mary Kissel, Asia Wall Street Journal, Hong Kong, re China and one-world currency,  re China rejects Coke bid on juice-maker, re  ICBC secures Goldman pledge Industrial and Commercial Bank of China yesterday secured a promise from Goldman Sachs that the US bank would hold the, re 

935P: Peter Singer, author, "The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty,"  "Singer uses ethical arguments, provocative thought experiments, illuminating examples and case studies of charitable giving to show that it is within our reach to eradicate world poverty and the suffering it brings.  At a time when Americans are justifiably anxious about the economy, we need to remember that virtually all those living in rich nations remain far better off than those living in extreme poverty."  ebook.

955P:  Exeunt Lou Ann Hammond, carlist.com, re Volvo for sale in China, re car insurance fraud on the rise as the economy sinks.  Signs of Stress, Fraud on Roadside Authorities report a growing number of cars burned or ditched, as sinking home values and rising unemployment spur desperate owners to chase insurance payouts.