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Two foreign policy specialists join Diane to talk about the idea of empire: why the U.S. is accused of behaving like an imperialist nation, and the fierce debate over the proper global role for the world's only remaining superpower.
Ivo Daalder, senior fellow in foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution, former director for European Affairs for the National Security Council, and co-author of "America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy" (Brookings, Nov 2003)
Max Boot, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of "War Made New" (Gotham Books)
Diane and her guests talk about the hoped-for benefits of, and the objections to, a proposal for $300 million annually in government spending to promote marriage among welfare recipients.
Dr. Wade Horn, U.S. Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Lisalyn Jacobs, vice president for government relations at the NOW Legal Defense and Education fund