America’s Morning News

In case you didn’t tune into The Washington Times’ nationally syndicated radio show “America’s Morning News” - heard in Washington on WTNT-AM 570 and coast-to-coast via the Talk Radio Network - here’s what three of Thursday’s guests told co-hosts Melanie Morgan and John McCaslin:

c Sen. John Barrasso, Wyoming Republican: A medical doctor by profession and one of 100 senators delaying their holiday recess to debate health care reform, Mr. Barrasso said he doesn’t mind remaining on Capitol Hill this week while the rest of Congress has returned home, so long as he is fighting for the will of Americans protesting “Obamacare.”

c Steve Forbes, chief executive officer of Forbes Media and editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine: The one-time Republican presidential candidate said the sugarcoated “investments” that President Obama is putting into the economy will require taxes for support, spell potential disaster for big and small businesses and contribute to “long-term economic stagnation.”

c Marinka Peschmann, journalist and purveyor of MarinkaPeschmann.com: Ms. Peschmann said Americans are hearing two completely different stories about the transfer of Guantanamo Bay terrorism suspects to a federal prison south of Chicago: one from an unconcerned White House and Democratic leadership on Capitol Hill and the other from worried residents of Illinois.