Former Chief of Staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell, Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson and Founder of Freedom Watch, Larry Klayman join the show to discuss the country's motives of remaining at war in the Middle East.

Thom Hartmann is joined by Daniel Halper, The Weekly Standard & Jamie Weinstein, Deputy Editor - DailyCaller.com for a panel on the midweek issues.

Even though Bin Laden is dead - the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq continue on. Rather than a rapid drawdown of troops in Afghanistan in July as many had hoped for - US officials are saying the President will likely only pull out about 5000 of the 100000 soldiers there. Another 5000 troops may be sent home at the end of the year too - a small dent in our massive force. So while our war in Afghanistan is likely to continue on with no clear mission at least through 2014 - what about our war in Iraq...a war with an equally unclear mission? Before Bush left office - he pushed through an agreement between the US and Iraq promising that all troops will be out of Iraq by December 31st, 2011. But now - the Pentagon is hinting that we could be there a bit longer. Joining Thom Hartmann is Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell & Larry Klayman, Attorney, founder FreedomWatch.org, (previously founded Judicial Watch)

While Republicans are blaming President Obama for high gas prices - the American people are pointing their fingers elsewhere - at Wall Street. According to a new CNN poll - 90% of Americans say Wall Street speculators are driving up prices at the pump. Of course - gas prices aren't the only commodities spiking today - so are food prices! Thom Hartmann speaks with Ron Bailey, Science Correspondent-Reason Magazine.