Top of the Hour: Debating the Budget, Mideast Protests, Morning Headlines

The Takeaway

Takeaway listeners had a lot to say about how to cut the U.S. budget, but are any of them feasible?
In the Middle East, anti-government protests continue in Yemen, Bahrain and Libya.

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