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Monday August 7, 2006

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Week of August 7, 2006

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10:00Iraq Update

Two top U.S. generals told a congressional committee that Iraq could slide into all-out civil war, and the departing British ambassador to Iraq wrote a memo citing de facto partition as a more likely near-term outcome for Iraq than stable democracy. Diane and her guests talk about the role of U.S. forces in Iraq.

Guests

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

Nathan Hodge, staff writer for Jane's Defence Weekly

Laith Kubba, director of the Middle East program at the National Endowment for Democracy and former spokesman for the Iraqi interim government of Ibrahim al Jafari

Andrew Krepinevich, executive director of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments

11:00Nora Ephron: "I Feel Bad About My Neck" (Knopf)

Her screenwriting credits include "When Harry Met Sally," "Sleepless in Seattle," "You've Got Mail," and "Silkwood." she also writes about her own life. Nora Ephron presents her latest collection of essays on being a woman and growing older.

Guests

Nora Ephron, film director, producer, screenwriter, and novelist.

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