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Tuesday June 26, 2007

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10:00Evaluating the surge in Iraq

Congress set September 15th as a deadline for an evaluation of this years U.S. troop surge in Iraq, but many say there may be conflicting assessments. We'll hear different perspectives on U.S. policy options in Iraq.

Guests

Pete Hegseth, executive director, Vets for Freedom and 1st Lieutenant, Army National Guard

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

Zbigniew Brzezinski, counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, professor of foreign policy at The Johns Hopkins University. His many books include,"The Choice," "The Grand Failure" and "The Grand Chessboard," and "Second Chance." He served as national security adviser to former President Jimmy Carter.

11:00Gregg Mitman: "Breathing Space" (Yale)

The history of allergies and allergy treatments in this country and some of the factors behind rising allergy and asthma rates of today.

Guests

Gregg Mitman, professor of the History of Science and of medical history and science and technology studies at the University of Wisconsin- Madison.

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