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10:00Elections in Iraq

Iraqis go to the polls on Thursday to elect a National Assembly . We'll talk about what many consider to be a pivotal moment for Iraq and the U.S.

Guests

David Phillips, visiting scholar at Harvard University's Center for Middle Eastern Studies, executive director of the Elie Wiesel Center for Humanity, and author of "Losing Iraq: Inside the Postwar Reconstruction Fiasco."

Thomas Donnelly, resident fellow, American Enterprise Institute and author of "The Military We Need: The Defense Requirements of the Bush Doctrine" (AEI Press)

Rajiv Chandrasekaran, assistant managing editor for continuous news at "The Washington Post"

Adi Ignatius, executive editor, Time

11:00Elizabeth Marquardt: "Between Two Worlds" (Crown) and Brooke Lea Foster "The Way They Were" (Three Rivers Press)

A look at how divorce affects both young and adult children.

Guests

Brooke Lea Foster, staff writer for "The Washingtonian."

Elizabeth Marquardt, affiliate scholar at the Institute for American Values.

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