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10:00News Roundup

Guest host: Susan Page

A panel of journalists reviews the week's top national and international news stories.

Guests

Tony Blankley, editorial page editor of "The Washington Times." He is author of "The West's Last Chance."

David Corn, Washington editor of "The Nation" and author of several books, most recently, "Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War." He blogs at David Corn.com

Frank Sesno, special correspondent, CNN

11:00James Kynge and John Pomfret on China

Guest host: Susan Page

James Kynge is the former bureau chief of the "Financial Times" in Beijing. John Pomfret was the Washington Post's Beijing bureau chief. Each has written a new book about life in China. They'll look at the past and talk about the future of China.

Guests

James Kynge, former bureau chief of the Financial Times in Beijing and author of "China Shakes the World" (Houghton Mifflin).

John Pomfret, editor, Washington Post's Outlook section and author of "Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates and the Story of the New China" (Henry Holt)

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