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Profiles in Courage

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Friday, April 16, 2004

Senator John McCain spent more than five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. Now he’s written a book about the role courage has played in the lives of leaders as diverse as Eleanor Roosevelt, the Navajo chief Manuelito, and the abolitionist John Wesley Powell.

The Commish

Slade Gorton Commissioner for the 9-11 Commission and former US Senator (R-Washington) discusses the current state of 9-11 hearings.

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Family Reaction

Monica Gabriel Member of Family Steering Committee on her reactions towards the 9/11 Commission hearings.

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All Fired Up

Daniel Gross moneybox columnist for Slate on why the words "you're fired" have struck a chord.

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Profiles in Courage

John McCain Senator (R-AZ) and author (with Mark Salter)Why Courage Matters: The Way To A Braver Life (Random House, 2004)takes inspiration from the lives of courageous Americans.

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Follow-Up Friday

Brian Keefer Assistant Managing Editor of Columbia Journalism Review's Campaign Desk (also writes for Spinsanity.com), and co-author of the forthcoming All the President's Spin : George W. Bush, the Media, and the Truth (Simon & Schuster, 2004)returns to the issue of Presidential press conferences and how they are ...

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Blair and Bush Speak

Tony Karon World Editor for time.com Reacts to the Bush/Blair press conference.
Robert Hugh Jones Journalist, BBC News Reacts to the Bush/Blair press conference.

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The Commish Part 2

9-11 Commissioner Slade Gorton says he doesn’t like to draw conclusions about the Commission's hearings. But on today’s show, the former Republican Senator seemed eager to opine:

-he dubbed Attorney General John Ashcroft’s comments about Commissioner Jamie Gorelick heightening the wall (between intelligence and law ...

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