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Wednesday April 28, 2004

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10:00War Dead Photos

Guest host: Steve Roberts

A panel talks about the Pentagon's no-photos rule at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, and the relationships between the government, the media, and the public in war time.

Guests

Bill Kovach, founding chairman of the Committee of Concerned Journalists, and former Washington bureau chief for the New York Times

Bryan Whitman, deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, U.S. Department of Defense

David Perlmutter, associate professor of mass communication at Louisiana State University

11:00Thomas Barnett: "The Pentagon's New Map" (Putnam)

Guest host: Steve Roberts

The upcoming presidential election will highlight how best to protect our country against threats from around the world. A senior military analyst provides a new map for waging war and keeping the peace in the 21st century.

Guests

Thomas Barnett, former senior strategic researcher and professor at the U.S. Naval War College, served from October 2001 to June 2003 as assistant for strategic futures in the Defense Department's Office of Force Transformation.

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