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November 26, 2013
Experts on Obamacare, American defense, refugees, genetic kits and the media
This week's experts were chosen in response to the US Supreme Court hearing to challenge a requirement in a health law that employers provide contraception coverage, the deaths of 30 Haitian refugees in a boat off the Bahamas, American bombers flying over islands near China, FDA ban of personal genetic test kits and the sacking of Alec Baldwin and the suspension of Lara Logan.
Expert Spotlight
Seema Gahlaut
Senior Research Associate
Center for International Trade and Security (CITS)
For interviews on china, us bombers, security policy.
In response to China's reaction to US bombers flying over contested waters, we FEATURE defense expert Seema Gahlaut. Dr. Seema Gahlaut is the Director of Training and Outreach at the Center for International Trade and Security (CITS), as well as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Georgia's School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA). She teaches courses on American Government & Politics, Political Economy and National Security in Southern Asia, and Politics of Trade & Security Policy at SPIA. She also coordinates the CITS Security Leadership Program.
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Featured Expert
Kathleen Newland
Director of Migrants, Migration, and Development and Refugee Protection Programs, and Member of the Board of Trustees
Migration Policy Institute
For interviews on haitians, international migration, refugees.
As reports come in of 30 Haitians dying in a boat off the Bahamas, we FEATURE refugee expert Kathleen Newland. Kathleen Newland is co-founder of the Migration Policy Institute and directs MPI's programs on migrants, migration, and development and comprehensive protection for refugees and internally displaced people. Her work focuses on the relationship between migration and development, governance of international migration, and refugee protection.
Featured Expert
Cecile Richards (1957 - 2025)
Co-Founder
Supermajority
For interviews on Obamacare, contraception, reproductive rights.
In response to the challenge in the Supreme Court to a requirement under Obamacare that employers provide contraception, we SPOTLIGHT Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood. A nationally respected leader in the field of women’s health and reproductive rights, Ms. Richards leads a national organization that has worked for nearly 100 years to build a healthier and safer world for women and teens.
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National Women’s Law Center
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