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Wednesday December 18, 2002

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10:00Secretary Anthony Principi

Diane talks with Anthony Principi, Vietnam veteran and Secretary of Veterans' Affairs, about his work, the most pressing issues facing his agency, and the needs and interests of America's 25 million veterans.

Guests

Anthony J. Principi, secretary of veterans affairs

11:00Readers' Review: "Anne Tyler's Back When We Were Grownups"

The December Readers' Review panel prepares for holiday family gatherings with a discussion of Back When We Were Grownups, Anne Tyler's latest novel, featuring her hallmark Baltimore setting and cast of eccentric characters.

Guests

E. Ethelbert Miller, poet; director of the African American Resource Center at Howard University, chair of the Washington D.C. Humanities Council. His last book was "How We Sleep on the Nights We Don't Make Love."

Patricia Meisol, of the Baltimore Sun

Laurie Kaplan, professor of English at Goucher College

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