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Tuesday August 2, 2005

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10:00John Bolton

President Bush announced his decision to appoint John Bolton to be the U.S ambassador to the U.N. We'll talk about some of the political implications of this controversial recess appointment.

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)

Tod Lindberg, editor of "Policy Review;" research fellow at the Hoover Institution; author, "The Political Teachings of Jesus"

Norman Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute

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

11:00Helen Oyeyemi: "The Icarus Girl" (Doubleday)

Diane talks with young Nigerian-British author Oyeyemi about imaginary friends, the fears and pressures of childhood, and why she wrote a book when she was supposed to be studying for exams.

Guests

Helen Oyeyemi, author of "The Icarus Girl."

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