Monday January 31, 2005
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Guest host: Syndicated columnist Steve Roberts
An update on the latest news from Iraq and what the voting may mean for Iraqis and for US policy.
Rajiv Chandrasekaran, assistant managing editor for continuous news at "The Washington Post"
Danielle Pletka, vice president of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute
Rick Barton, senior adviser in the international security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Yochi Dreazen, White House correspondent for "The Wall Street Journal;" covers Bush administration foreign policy.
Guest host: Syndicated columnist Steve Roberts
Just over a year ago, long-standing rumors were confirmed when Essie Mae Washington-Williams first spoke up publicly about the fact that she was the daughter of the late South Carolina politician Strom Thurmond, and an African-American woman who'd been a servant in the Thurmond family home. Ms. Washington-Williams explains why she kept this secret for decades -- and why she is speaking out now.
Essie Mae Washington-Williams, retired teacher