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10:00Politics of Gas Prices

Guest host: Susan Page

The White House and Congressional leaders are scrambling to come up with proposals aimed at assuaging voter concerns about rising prices at the pump. We talk about the political perils and opportunities of higher gas prices.

Guests

Stanley Greenberg, pollster and political analyst chair and CEO, Greenberg, Quinlan, Rosner Research

David Keene, chairman of the American Conservative Union and managing associate with Carmen Group, a D.C.-based governmental-affairs firm

Stuart Rothenberg, editor and publisher of the Rothenberg Political Report

11:00James Carroll: "House of War" (Houghton Mifflin)

Guest host: Susan Page

As a boy, novelist and Boston Globe columnist James Carroll played in the halls of the Pentagon after-hours while his father worked late in one of its offices. James Carroll grew up to oppose everything he believes the building stands for. His latest book is the story of the Pentagon and its impact on what he views as "the disastrous rise of American power."

Guests

James Carroll, author of "Constantine's Sword" and the 1996 National Book Award winning memoir, "An American Requiem." His ten novels include "Prince of Peace" and "Mortal Friends."

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