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Tuesday July 31, 2007

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10:00Mideast Diplomacy and Arms Sales

Guest host: Susan Page

The Secretaries of State and Defense launch a high-profile diplomatic effort in the Middle East. In search of Gulf state cooperation on Iraq and against Iran, the Bush Administration is offering multi-billion dollar arms sales and renewed efforts on the Israeli-Arab peace process.

Guests

Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, University of Maryland and author of "The Stakes: America and the Middle East" (Westview Press)

Suzanne Maloney, senior fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution; formerly, on the Policy Planning staff at U.S. Department of State (2005-2007)

Emile El-Hokayem, research fellow, the Henry L. Stimson Center

11:00Alastair Campbell: "The Blair Years" (Random House)

Guest host: Susan Page

An aide to former prime minister Tony Blair provides an insider's account of the relationship between Britain and the U.S.

Guests

Alastair Campbell, press secretary for former British Prime Minister Tony Blair from 1994 to 2003.

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