Week in the News

Earthquake and tsunami in Sumatra and Samoa this week. Elsewhere, battling on.
In Geneva, no earthquake, but the big powers — the U.S. included — did sit down with Iran for nuclear talks, and made some progress.
In Copenhagen, it was all Olympics. At the White House, real debate over whether to boost troops in Afghanistan. In the Senate, no public option.
Saturn, the great motor hope, will die. The Dow wobbles. And September unemployment, up not down: 9.8 percent.
This hour, On Point: Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
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Joining us from Washington is Jill Dougherty, foreign affairs correspondent for CNN.

Also from Washington we're joined by Margaret Talev, White House correspondent for McClatchy.

And from Hanover, N.H., is Jack Beatty, On Point news analyst and senior editor at The Atlantic.