Takeouts: congress & security, unemployment, college football

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Washington Takeout: When the President and Congress finish up their winter vacations, they will return home to a very different national security landscape. Our Washington correspondent, Todd Zwillich, joins the show to explain how lawmakers are going to have to play catchup to an evolving war on terror.

Jobs Takeout: Louise Story, finance reporter with our partners at The New York Times, discusses an unmployment report due out later this week that is expected to show a drop in job losses last month.

Sports Takeout: Nando DiFino, sports writer for The Wall Street Journal, reviews the weekend’s college football bowl games and previews Monday night’s “Tostitos Fiesta Bowl” between Boise State and TCU.

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