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Earlier, Obama said that he will "make sure that we have a healthcare system that allows for everyone to have basic coverage. I think those are pretty important priorities. And I pay for every dime of them."

Take a look at these numbers from the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget on the spending plans for BOTH candidates.

-- $173 billion in 2009 for Iraq and Afghanistan (Congressional Budget Office) -- $700 billion (projected) for Wall Street bailout -- a… more

MARIA MENOUNOS reporting:

Young Republican activists like Brian Smith say they are not giving up the fight for young voters who thus far have been crucial to Barack Obama's success.

Mr. BRIAN SMITH: What we find important--individual liberty, national security, you know, limited government--are still going to be the same, but the approach is going to be different.

MENOUNOS: Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam, both 28, agree, they're among the youngest thinkers looking for that new approach to the grand… more

Tomás Jiménez , New America Foundation: [on employment for undocumented workers] "When those economic opportunities decline, the number of immigrants that come here are also likely to decline..." LINK to video

Where They Stand on Health Care (NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams)

NBC Nightly News interviews New America Foundation Health Policy Program Director Len Nichols as part of its comparison of the presidential candidates' positions and proposals for health care reform.

Video of this segment is available below:

Navy to Shoot Down Spy Satellite (NBC Today Show)

In its coverage of U.S. plans to shoot down a rogue satellite, NBC Today interviews New America Foundation Expert Jeffrey Lewis.

"The Russians and the Chinese in particular really look at this launch as being an anti-satellite test, a weapon to shoot down satellites more than a mitigation measure designed to prevent human harm," said Lewis.

LESTER HOLT, co-host: After a bit of a reprieve, gas prices may be going up again. Conflicts in Nigeria and Iran have crude oil prices on the rise, climbing above the $60 a barrel mark for the first time in more than a month. But before you complain, consider where the price of gas comes from. Author Lisa Margonelli traveled more than 100,000 miles to find out, and the journey is documented in her book "Oil On… more

On the Nov. 26 edition of NBC's "Meet the Press," host Tim Russert used a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed by New America 's Joel Kotkin to emphasize the independent appeal of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R).

Russert quoted extensively from the article, which can be read in its entirety here. A brief excerpt of the Russert-Schwarzenegger interview transcript is included below, while a video clip can be viewed at right. For the full interview, please see the… more