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Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013

Establishing a fund of three- to six months of expenses will help you get through brief periods of unemployment.

Kimberly Palmer, Alpha Consumer blogger at U.S. News & World Report, offers advice on how to cut back before you end up unemployed.

10:10 a.m. – Kimberly Palmer, Alpha Consumer blogger, U.S. News & World Report

How to get through brief periods of unemployment


8:10 p.m. – Elise Gould, Director of health policy research at the Economic Policy Institute

New study shows some people would be better with government health plan than one from employers


7:40 p.m. Gregg Stebben, WTOP Tech Guy

Apples devices don’t have that ‘wow’ factor, do we have tech fatigue?


7:20 p.m. WTOP’s Alan Etter, former PIO for D.C. Fire & EMS

Recalling the response to the Pentagon on 9/11


6:20 p.m. John Harris, Editor-in-Chief for POLITICO

Politically Obama stands alone on Syria


5:40 p.m. George Wallace, WTOP’s Redskins Beat Reporter

RGIII speaks about the Monday night loss


4:10 p.m. Major Garrett, CBS News chief white house correspondent

White House will not demand a swift resolution to Syria talks


3:30 p.m. Fred Burton, co-author of ‘Under Fire: The Untold Story of the Attack in Benghazi’

1st anniversary of Benghazi attack


2:20 p.m. – Kerri Boutelle, professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego

Researchers are helping overweight kids train their brains


12:51 p.m. – Dave Ross, commentator

The anti-cowboy


Juan Zarate, CBS News senior national security analyst and author of ‘Treasury’s War.’

A lot of diplomatic dancing is ahead in the U.N. over Syria’s chemical weapons.


12:10 p.m. – Cathy Lanier, Metropolitan Police chief

Police communications in D.C. have improved since terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.


10:30 a.m. – Jonathan Alter, columnist and author of two books on the Obama presidency, ‘The Promise’ and ‘The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies’

President Obama methodically addressed concerns about a possible Syrian strike and America’s responsibilities in the world.


8:40 a.m. – Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics

Point of Obama’s speech not to change public opinion


7:10 a.m. – Josh Gerstein, senior White House reporter for Politico

Diplomatic message from Obama on Syria is welcomed


6:40 a.m. – Nancy Cordes, CBS News congressional correspondent

Obama’s Syria argument familiar to Congress


6:10 a.m. – Ward Carroll, editor of Military.com

Concern that Syrian rebels have handled chemical weapons


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