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Wednesday, Dec. 15:
Wednesday began a two-day White House conference on the economy — will tax and Social Security reform (search) be the top priority of the meeting as the president sets his second-term agenda? Major Garrett has the details of the conference.
Plus, President Bush welcomed Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (search) to the White House. Jim Angle reports on the meeting of the two leaders.
Also, correspondent Bret Baier reports the latest news out of Iraq including some telling numbers concerning Iraqi reconstruction contracts — out of 6,000 awarded for reconstruction projects, 4,500 of the contracts have gone to Iraqi businesses.
Madrassas (search), or Islamic schools are known to sometimes be mini-terror training schools, but FOX News visited one outside of Islamabad that stresses secular education as well as moderate religious training; can this school teaching moderation be a model for others in Pakistan? Molly Henneberg has the story.
Was the son of United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan involved with business related to the U.N.? Kojo Annan (search) says no, but FOX News saw documents that would prove otherwise. Correspondent Jonathan Hunt is on Kojo’s trail to the U.N.
Will Major League Baseball return to the nation’s capital? Correspondent Brian Wilson looks for answers after a broken deal at a D.C. City Council meeting Tuesday night.
And Brit talks to Martin Feldstein, a George F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard University and President and CEO of the National Bureau of Economic Research about this week’s White House economic conference.
Plus, top analysis on the president’s push for Social Security private investment accounts and future of baseball in D.C. from our all-star panel of FOX News contributors:
Fred Barnes, executive editor of the Weekly Standard
Juan Williams, senior correspondent for National Public Radio
Charles Krauthammer, syndicated columnist
About the Show
Anchored by Washington news veteran Brit Hume, "Special Report with Brit Hume" provides an in-depth look at the day's news and offers a daily topical discussion of political issues impacting the nation.
Hume serves as host to key newsmakers, political pundits and FOX News contributors exchanging views about political matters from taxes and Social Security to international affairs and the political scandal of the day.
Hume brings a historical perspective to the political scene that is rarely rivaled. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., he has covered the policies, procedures and players in the national game called politics for more than 30 years. The Baltimore Sun referred to him as "the very personification of the political establishment."
Each program features a two-minute segment called The Grapevine, which reels off the latest outrageous news nuggets, political poll results and in-the-Beltway gossip that viewers will not see on any other news program. The New York Daily News describes The Grapevine as a must see that, "will make you sounds smart around the water cooler… the next day."
FOX News' Team Washington provides live reports from the White House, Capitol Hill, the Supreme Court and key federal agencies. Seasoned correspondents, including Carl Cameron, Wendell Goler and Major Garrett, explore political hot spots, races and legislative battles being waged around the nation and abroad.
Hume wraps up each program with a lively roundtable discussion featuring Mara Liasson of National Public Radio, Fred Barnes of The Weekly Standard and Mort Kondracke of Roll Call.
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