John Fortier, Director of The Democracy Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center and Jim Kessler, Senior Vice President for Policy at Third Way, spar over what the GOP-led Congress can achieve on the heels of the Tax Reform bill, with mid-term elections just months away. Listen for it on Encounter, this Saturday and Sunday on the Voice of America!

John Fortier, Director of The Democracy Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center and Jim Kessler, Senior Vice President for Policy at Third Way, spar over what the GOP-led Congress can achieve on the heels of the Tax Reform bill, with mid-term elections just months away. Listen for it on Encounter, this Saturday and Sunday on the Voice of America!

Ambassador Mark Lagon, Chief Policy Officer at the Friends of the Global Fight against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Anthony (Tony) Arend, Senior Associate Dean at Georgetown's School of Foreign Service, discuss the challenges in 2018 for the Trump administration with VOA's Carol Castiel. Listen to Encounter this Saturday and Sunday on the Voice of America!

Ambassador Mark Lagon, Chief Policy Officer at the Friends of the Global Fight against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Anthony (Tony) Arend, Senior Associate Dean at Georgetown's School of Foreign Service, discuss the challenges in 2018 for the Trump administration with VOA's Carol Castiel. Listen to Encounter this Saturday and Sunday on the Voice of America!

Two distinguished journalists: Michael Williams, Host and Contributor for CBS Radio and Tracy Wilkinson, Diplomatic and Foreign Policy Correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, discuss with host Carol Castiel the top stories of 2017, including the Trump presidency, US-Russia relations in light of the probe into Moscow's interference in the 2016 elections, the nuclear threat from North Korea, fallout from sexual misconduct charges against "the high and mighty" and much more.

Two distinguished journalists: Michael Williams, Host and Contributor for CBS Radio and Tracy Wilkinson, Diplomatic and Foreign Policy Correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, discuss with host Carol Castiel the top stories of 2017, including the Trump presidency, US-Russia relations in light of the probe into Moscow’s interference in the 2016 elections, the nuclear threat from North Korea, fallout from sexual misconduct charges against “the high and mighty” and much more.

On this special year-end edition of Encounter, host Carol Castiel presents excerpts from our most memorable programs of the year such as the investigation of President Donald Trump's election campaign and possible connections with the Russian Government, U.S. standoff with North Korea, the decertification of the Iran Nuclear Deal and President Trump's 12-day trip to Asia. That's the Best of Encounter in 2017.

On this special year-end edition of Encounter, host Carol Castiel presents excerpts from our most memorable programs of the year such as the investigation of President Donald Trump’s election campaign and possible connections with the Russian Government, U.S. standoff with North Korea, the decertification of the Iran Nuclear Deal and President Trump’s 12-day trip to Asia. That’s the Best of Encounter in 2017.

Host Carol Castiel talks with Ghaith al Omari, Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, formerly former advisor to the Palestinian Authority, and Dan Raviv, formerly with CBS radio, now Washington-based correspondent for i24News, to discuss the implications of US President Donald Trump's controversial decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Host Carol Castiel talks with Ghaith al Omari, Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, formerly former advisor to the Palestinian Authority, and Dan Raviv, formerly with CBS radio, now Washington-based correspondent for i24News, to discuss the implications of US President Donald Trump’s controversial decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.