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Thursday July 12, 2007

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10:00Military Strategy and the Debate Over the War in Iraq

President Bush is threatening to veto any attempts by members of Congress to set a date for withdrawal from Iraq "without regard to conditions on the ground or the recommendations of commanders." Diane and her guests talk about the military/strategic implications of proposals to abandon the strategy behind the "surge" and get U.S. troops out of Iraq.

Guests

Gen. Wesley Clark, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander

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

Kimberly Kagan, affiliate of the John M. Olin Institute of Strategic Studies at Harvard University and executive director of the Institute for the Study of War in Washington

Erik Swabb, former Marine infantry officer and a veteran of the war in Iraq. He's a member of Vets for Freedom.

11:00Drew Westen: "The Political Brain" (Public Affairs)

A clinical psychologist explains the role of emotions in our choices at the ballot box and why he believes Democratic candidates, if they want to win, urgently need to change the way they communicate with voters.

Guests

Drew Westen, professor of psychology and psychiatry at Emory University and founder of Westen Strategies.

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