Democracy Now! - Season 2011 Episode 117 : Tuesday, June 14, 2011

2011/06/14 Headlines: U.S., Afghan Officials Discuss Extending Military Presence for Decades; CIA to Intensify Covert Killing Campaign in Yemen, Modeled After Pakistan Drone Program; Syrian Military Forces Expand Operations, Thousands of Refugees Flood Turkey Border; Jordan Protesters Reportedly Attack Motorcade of King Abdullah II; Republicans Attack President Obama in First Major Debate of 2012 Presidential Race; Obama Reaches Out to Wall Street Executives Ahead of 2012 Election; President Obama Makes First Presidential Trip to Puerto Rico in 50 Years; EPA Postpones Release of Rules to Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Italy Votes in Overwhelming Numbers to Block Nuclear Power Revival; Japan Poll Finds Three-Quarters of Respondents Favor Nuclear Energy Phase-Out; Grand Jury Investigates CIA over Death of Abu Ghraib Prisoner; Families of Dead Guantánamo Prisoners Appeal to Revive Lawsuit Against Donald Rumsfeld; Ousted Tunisia President to be Tried in Absentia; Mexico: Majority of Guns Come from U.S., Hearing Begins on U.S. Efforts to Sell Weapons to Cartels; Thousands of New York Macy’s Workers Prepare for Strike