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Monday June 19, 2006

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Week of June 19, 2006

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10:00Politics of the War in Iraq

A conversation about the political debate over the handling of the war in Iraq.

Guests

Lawrence Korb, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and former Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Reagan administration

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

Jonathan Weisman, reporter, "The Washington Post"

11:00Fighting Childhood Obesity

Rising childhood obesity rates spawn efforts to get junk food out of schools, but behavioral changes are lagging public awareness.

Guests

Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest

Dr. Susan Lynch, pediatrician, Cholesterol Treatment Center, Concord Hospital; first lady of New Hampshire

Dr. Jack Yanovski, head of the Unit on Growth and Obesity, in the Developmental Endocrinology Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH.

Paul Campos, professor, University of Colorado School of Law; author, "The Obesity Myth: Why America's Obsession with Weight is Hazardous to Your Health"

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