Former DNC Chairman Howard Dean and Washington Insider John Podesta to be Featured...

Former DNC Chairman Howard Dean and Washington Insider John Podesta to be
Featured on Special Rebroadcast of 'Inside Government'
AFGE National Secretary-Treasurer Also to Address VA Facility Leasing Program

WASHINGTON, July 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former Vermont Governor Howard
Dean, who most recently served as chairman of the Democratic National
Committee, will be featured this week on a special rebroadcast of AFGE's
"Inside Government" radio show. Former Clinton White House chief of staff and
co-chairman of President Obama's transition team, John Podesta, who currently
serves as president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, also will be
interviewed. The show will air on Friday, July 10 at 10 a.m. EDT nationwide on
Federal News Radio at www.federalnewsradio.com and 1500 AM in the Washington,
D.C., area.

On the show, Dean will address the call for a public option in health care
reform, while Podesta will discuss the Obama administration's desire to rely
less on private contractors and bring more work back into the federal
government.

But first, hear from AFGE National Secretary-Treasurer J. David Cox, who will
update listeners on the critical situation inside the Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA). Cox will address the VA's staffing and funding shortages, AFGE's
opposition to the VA Health Care Facility Leasing Program, and a claims
backlog expected to top 1 million. For more information on these issues and
many others, please visit www.fundtheva.com.

U.S. Rep. Ed Towns (D-N.Y.) then will discuss his role as chairman of the
House Oversight and Government Reform committee, and the need to eliminate
waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government. Finally, hear from Rick
Perlstein, author of "Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of
America," who will share his thoughts on the conservative movement as well as
pressing issues in today's world, such as the energy crisis.

"Inside Government" is hosted by AFGE Assistant General Counsel J. Ward
Morrow. Programs are archived on the Federal News Radio Web site and can be
heard on demand at http://www.federalnewsradio.com or
http://www.afge.org/insidegovernment. Please note there will be a short
advertisement prior to the start of the program. The program also is available
via iTunes podcast by clicking here. Users must install iTunes on their
computers before accessing "Inside Government" via podcast.

For instructions on how to listen to "Inside Government," click here.

The program also airs on Saturdays at 7 a.m. on KTKK 630 AM, "The Voice of
Utah," in Ogden, Utah sponsored by AFGE Local 1592.

"Inside Government" is a one-hour weekly nationwide radio/Internet program
dedicated to issues that impact federal and D.C. government employees. The
show airs each Friday at 10 a.m. on Federal News Radio 1500 AM in Washington,
D.C. and online at www.federalnewsradio.com. It is also available to 70
million iPod users through Apple's iTunes podcast. "Inside Government" is
produced by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the
nation's largest federal employee union, representing 600,000 workers in the
federal government and the government of the District of Columbia.

SOURCE American Federation of Government Employees

Jason Fornicola of the American Federation of Government Employees,
+1-202-639-6448