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10:00Iraqi Politics

The Iraqi National Assembly will meet again this coming Sunday to try to fill the position of speaker, after meeting without success on Tuesday. Diane and her guests talk about the latest on the Iraqi political process.

Guests

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)

Reuel Marc Gerecht, former Middle East specialist for the CIA, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and author of "The Islamic Paradox"

Amb. Rend al-Rahim, executive director of the Iraq Foundation and former Ambassador to the U.S. for the Iraqi Governing Council

11:00Ian McEwan: "Saturday" (Doubleday)

The best-selling author's latest novel takes a look at 24 hours in the life of a successful British neurosurgeon on the eve of the Iraq war.

Guests

Ian McEwan, author of 10 novels including the Booker-prize winning "Amsterdam" and "Atonement."

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