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The Sunday Talking Heads:
Up with Chris Hayes: Joining Chris this morning are Zainab al Suwaij, co-founder and executive director of the American Islamic Congress; Stuart Bowen, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction; Democratic Representative Kyrsten Sinema (@RepSinema) is serving her first term representing Arizona’s Ninth Congressional District; Basma Zaiber, Iraqi caseload coordinator and director of development and research for The List Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies; Koby Langley (@warrioradvocate), Iraq War veteran who served in the 82nd Airborne Division and current senior advisor to Americor for Veteran Initiatives; (@raedjarrar), communications director for Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee, former Iraq specialist to the American Friends Service Committee; Democratic Representative Jerrold Nadler; Sam Seder (@SamSeder), host of The Majority Report, co-host of Ring of Fire; and Heidi Moore, economics and finance editor for The Guardian newspaper.
This Week with George Stephanopolis: On Sunday’s “This Week,” House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, goes one-on-one with ABC News’ Martha Raddatz in a “This Week” Sunday exclusive.
A special foreign policy roundtable examines major challenges abroad, including the state of the war in Afghanistan and the growing cyber-security threat, with former Clinton Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; former Bush National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley; and former Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chair Gen. James Cartwright (USMC, Ret.).
The political roundtable debates all the week’s politics, from budget battles in Washington to the future of the Catholic Church, with ABC News’ George Will and Matthew Dowd; House Democratic Caucus Chair Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif.; co-host of NPR’s All Things Considered Audie Cornish; and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, chair of Good360.
Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Mr. Schieffer’s guests are Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI); Chairman of the Republican National Committee Reince Priebus; and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (R-MI).
The foreign policy panel with Richard Haass, The Council on Foreign Relations President; Danielle Pletka of American Enterprise Institute, David Rhode of The Atlantic and David Sanger from The New York Times.
The Chris Matthews Show: This week’s guests are Joe Klein, TIME Columnist; Kelly O’Donnell, NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent; Katty Kay, BBC Washington Correspondent; and Chuck Todd, NBC News Chief White House Correspondent.
Meet the Press with David Gregory: On this week’s MTP, Chicago’s Cardinal Francis George will discuss the election of Pope Francis.
MTP will host an exclusive debate between the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and the House Republican Whip, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
The roundtable guests are MSNBC’s “Hardball” Chris Matthews; former two-term Republican Governor who, in 2002, was appointed by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to investigate the sex abuse scandals in the Church, Frank Keating (R-OK); author and former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland Kathleen Kennedy Townsend; and Republican Ana Navarro.
State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Ms. Crowley’s guest are Republican Mike Rogers of Michigan and Democrat Dutch Ruppersberger of Maryland; Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) and Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR).
Her panel guests are Al Cardenas of the American Conservative Union, Democratic Strategist KiKi McLean, Rep. Raul Grijalva of Arizona and a new face in the political world, Dr. Ben Carson.
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