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Tuesday June 21, 2005

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10:00U.N. Reform Proposals

The House voted to cut in half U.S. dues paid the the United Nations if the U.N. does not adopt a set of specific reforms targeting corruption and inefficiency. Diane talks with former Senator George Mitchell, chair of a bipartisan task force on the U.N., about problems at the international body and how the U.S. can play a role in promoting change for the better.

Guests

Sen. George Mitchell, former Democratic Senate majority leader and co-chair of the U.S. Institute of Peace U.N. Task Force with former House Speaker and Republican Congressman Newt Gingrich

11:00Kenneth Feinberg: "What Is Life Worth?" (PublicAffairs)

The man in charge of distributing the funds Congress set aside for the victims of 9/11 explains how he determined who got how much.

Guests

Kenneth Feinberg, is a former prosecutor and leading arbitrator. He helped settle the Agent Orange, asbestos, and the closing of the Shoreham Nuclear Plant litigations.

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