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Previous Epsiodes

Episode: July 31 Obama's Six-Month Checkup.

Episode: July 30 Is The GOP Gaining Ground? Does That Better Their Chances In 2010?

Episode: July 29 Unplugged Exclusive: Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) Previews GOP Health Care Reform.

Episode: July 28 Sonia Sotomayor Passes With OK From Senate Judiciary Committee.

Episode: July 27 Sarah Palin steps down as Governor of Alaska. What's her political future?

Episode: July 24 Bob Schieffer spoke to Washington Post columnist David Ignatius on Obama foreign policy.

Episode: July 23 President Obama's health care push analyzed on 'Washington Unplugged.

Episode: July 22 Roundtable discussion on the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. with The Root's Marjorie Valbrun and Talk Show Host Armstrong Williams. Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) on the bi-partisan opposition to the abortion mandate on the House health care bill.

Episode: July 21 Nancy Cordes spoke with health care reform dissenter and President of the Freshman Class in the House of Representatives Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.).

Episode: July 20 Bob Schieffer, Washington Post's Howard Kurtz and Former CBS News Correspondent Marvin Kalb remember Walter Cronkite.

Episode: July 17 Juan Zarate on the double hotel bombings in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Episode: July 16 Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the 40th anniversary of the moon landing.

Episode: July 15
Blue Dog Democrat, Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) on health care reform.

Episode: July 14
Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) on the Sotomayor hearing.

Episode: July 13
Special edition Of Washington Unplugged on confirmation hearings for Sonia Sotomayor.

Episode: July 10
Washington Unplugged looks at President Obama meetting with Pope Benedict XVI.

Episode: July 9
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius talks about the global pandemic.

Episode: July 8
President Obama in L'Aquila, Italy for the G8 summit.

Episode: July 6
Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) made a stunning announcement announcing her decision to leave office.

Episode: July 3
Bob Schieffer talks to Education Secretary Arne Duncan and comedian Lewis Black at the Aspen Ideas Festival. CBS News' Fernando Suarez takes a look at the tradition of fireworks on the 4th of July.

Episode: July 2
A kidnapped American soldier, troop movement in Afghanistan and the president's agenda in Moscow.

Episode: July 1
A health care debate gets heated.

Episode: June 30
U.S. troops leave Iraqi cities.

Episode: June 29
Supreme Courts rules In favor of New Haven firefighters.

Episode: June 26
Honoring the King Of Pop and his time at The White House.

Episode: June 24
Congress tackles climate change bill.

Episode: June 23
President Obama addresses the crisis in Iran and health care reform.

Episode: June 22
How will the White House respond to criticism over reaction to the Iranian crisis?

Episode: June 19
Bob Schieffer reports on the implications of the Iranian elections. Where's the hottest shop for Supreme Court duds? And, how is President Obama celebrating Father's Day with all those pesky White House flies?

Episode: June 18
Pres. Obama indicated to the gay community he's listening to calls for greater equality, by extending benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees, but acknowledged "this is only one step." Nancy Cordes spoke with Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) and AMERICAblog.com's John Aravosis.

Episode: June 17
Former Senate Majority Leaders Bob Dole and Tom Daschle weigh in on healthcare reform.

Episode: June 16
Pres. Obama met with South Korean President Myung-bak amid growing tensions with North Korea. Also, the latest on protests in Iran.

Episode: June 15
The State Dept. says the administration has "questions" about the legitimacy of Iran's elections. Also, Elizabeth Palmer reports from Tehran and the Carnegie Endowment's Karim Sadjadpour offers analysis.

Epsiode: June 12
Healthcare legislation this summer? The Grassley Tweetgate; 10 year old Kennedy Corpus scores a letter to teacher from President Obama; and new film, "Food, Inc."

Epsiode: June 5
Gov. Tim Pawlenty on his political future, our roundtable looks at President Obama's foreign trip, and author Richard Wolffe on his new book, "Renegade."

Epsiode: May 29
Liz Cheney, daughter of the former vice president, talks about the state of GOP, a debate on the Sotomayor nomination and author Richard Haas on his new book "War of Necessity, War of Choice."

Epsiode: May 22
Congressmen Jim Moran and Frank Wolf take opposing sides on what to do with Gitmo prisoners. And Bob Schieffer interviews author Gretchen Peters about her book, "Seeds Of Terror."

Epsiode: May 15
GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., talks about the "awesome responsibility" of confirming Supreme Court nominees; Catholic leaders on the president's visit to Notre Dame; and comedian Faizon Love.

Epsiode: May 8
GOP Rep. Roy Blunt looks at the future of his party. Our roundtable looks at the Taliban resurgence, and Goldie Hawn goes to Washington.

Epsiode: May 1
Sen. Ben Nelson on Arlen Specter's GOP defection, our roundtable looks at the state of the GOP, and New York Times' Jeff Zeleny on President Obama's press conference.

Epsiode: April 24
Former White House spokesperson Dana Perino talks about the CIA interrogation memos, analysis of Obama's 100 days, and Rwanda genocide 15 years later.

Epsiode: April 17
Congressmen Bobby Rush and Chris Smith discuss U.S. relations with Cuba. Our roundtable looks at nuclear North Korea. Also, an interview with Quinn Bradlee, author of "A Different Life."

Epsiode: April 10
Counter terrorism expert Juan Zarate on the Somali pirates standoff, Hotline's Amy Walter on partisanship in Washington, and Mo Rocca looks at presidential pets.

Epsiode: April 3
On today's show, Arianna Huffington on Michelle Obama, Muslim-American relations as the president heads to Turkey, and Obama-inspired body art.

Epsiode: March 27
Obama's Europe Trip, The United States' Afghanistan Policy and life on the funny pages with cartoonist Tom Toles.

Epsiode: March 20
John Dickerson speaks with Obama economic advisor Austan Goolsbee and our roundtable about AIG and the future of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. Also, veteran court artist William Hennessy.

Epsiode: March 13
Republican wonder kid Jonathan Krohn, the politics of education and the "special" relationship between the U.S. and Great Britain.

Epsiode: March 6
Nancy Cordes gets the low down on healthcare reform and talks to Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and the White House's Christina Romer. Also, Travis Ulerick, who was invited to the White House Thursday.

Epsiode: February 27
Bob Schieffer talks about the GOP's future and president Obama's budget with former Speaker Newt Gingrich. Also, author Craig Mullaney talks about his new book "The Unforgiving Minute."

Epsiode: February 13
Slate Magazine's John Dickerson spoke to White House Dep. Press Sec'y Bill Burton, gets an update on Flight 3407, and moderates a roundtable about Obama's ambitious efforts to reach across the aisle.

Epsiode: February 6
Schieffer talks to Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine about the stimulus package. And our roundtable weighs in on the future of the bill.

Epsiode: January 30
Bob Schieffer talks to GOP Sen. Richard Shelby about the economic stimulus plan. Deputy White House press secretary Bill Burton talks about the early days of the administration.