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10:00Drilling for Oil Off-Shore

With gas prices reaching record heights, President Bush and Senator John McCain are calling on Congress to reverse a federal ban on U.S. offshore drilling. Pros and cons of off-shore drilling

Guests

J. Robinson West, chairman of PFC Energy, an energy consulting firm

Athan Manuel, director, Lands Protection Program, Sierra Club

Stephen Power, reporter, Wall Street Journal

Chris Oynes, associate director, Offshore Minerals Management, U.S.Department of Interior

11:00David Guterson: "The Other" (Knopf)

The best-selling author of "Snow Falling on Cedars" presents his latest novel about two boyhood friends in Seattle, whose lives take strikingly different paths.

Guests

David Guterson, author of "Snow Falling on Cedars," "East of the Mountains," and "Our Lady of the Forest," among other books.

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