51% Show # 1074

Albany, NY – The rescue efforts are over, the rebuilding of not only a country, but people's lives, has begun in Haiti. Thanks to the 24 hour news cycle and the Internet, we've seen what happened after the earthquake. But we weren't there...and the only way to truly understand is to hear from someone who was. Amelia deSousa is a reporter for the World Vision Report. You may remember a commentary she recently did for 51% about a Haitian street kid. This is her letter from Haiti. Be warned. It is powerful stuff, and perhaps not suitable for younger listeners.

6:57 Letter from haiti

Amelia deSousa is a journalist in Haiti, filing this letter for the World Vision Report.

In the president's state of the union address, he tackled the military's Don't Ask Don't Tell policy head on - pledging his support for ending the practice of requiring gay service men and women to lie about their sexual orientation. And that led to a first-ever statement from SAGALA - the Service Academy Gay and Lesbian Association. Sue Fulton, a 1980 graduate of West Point and a former captain and company commander, is on the board of SAGALA.

9:49 DADT Fulton

Sue Fulton is a West Point graduate and a board member of SAGALA...Service Academy Gay and Lesbian Association.

And finally, the entertainment world's been consumed with the late night wars...Leno vs. O'Brien, Leno vs. Letterman, Leno vs. Everybody. But Linda Lowen noticed something that seems a little strange. Late night comedy, apparently, is still a man's world on network TV.

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Linda Lowen is About.com's Women's issues editor. You can find her at womensissues.about.com.