Monday February 24, 2003
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Diane leads a discussion about the relationship between the U.S. and Turkey: U.S. aid to Turkey, Turkey's military and strategic importance to the U.S, and how Turkey is juggling its domestic, regional and international interests.
Bulent Aliriza, senior associate and director of the Turkey Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
W. Patrick Lang, former Defense Intelligence Agency official and a retired Army Colonel
Washington Post reporter Dana Priest looks at how the role of the military has evolved from fighting wars to keeping the peace. For her new book, she visited 20 countries to witness the U.S. military acting as both nation-builder and protector of the peace in hotspots around the world.
Dana Priest, intelligence correspondent for "The Washington Post" and author of "The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace with America's Military"