Tuesday June 21, 2005
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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.
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
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.
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.