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Thursday August 11, 2005

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10:00Iran

Diane and her guests talk about Iran's recent decision to restart uranium enrichment and what the international community can do to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.

Guests

Shaul Bakhash, professor of history at George Mason University

Barbara Slavin, senior diplomatic reporter, USA Today

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

11:00John Richardson: "My Father the Spy" (HarperCollins)

An investigative journalist pieces together his father's rise through the ranks of the CIA from post-war Europe to Vietnam and Korea. He recounts his adolescent rebellion against what his father represented and how he's come to understand his humanity.

Guests

John Richardson, Writer-at-Large for "Esquire" and author of "In the Little World."

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