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The Shadow Defense Department

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Thursday, January 08, 2004

The key players in setting US foreign policy may not be working inside the administration. Richard Perle, former assistant secretary of defense, and former speechwriter David Frum (of “axis of evil” fame) share their strategies for winning the war on terror, the neo-conservative way, including overthrowing the government of Iran and blockading North Korea. Illegal immigrants consider a new future, the Storycorps booth at 2 ½ (months), and the perils of international shipping.

Illegal to Legal in 5.2 seconds

Gary Pierre-Pierre Publisher and Editor of the Haitian Times and Stanley Mark Program Director and Senior Staff Attorney, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund and Guillermo Chacon Spokesperson, Salvadoran American National Network debate George Bush’s speech introducing new immigration legislation.

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Bagel and a Hero

David Isay Public radio producer, runs Sound Portraits in New York on New Yorker's everyday heroes characters epitomized in the StoryCorps project

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A Perle Frum The Sea

Richard Perle served as an assistant secretary of defense in the Reagan administration and as chairman of the Defense Policy Board under President George W. Bush, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and co-author, An End to Evil: How to Win the War On Terror (

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Tinker Tanker

Mark Schapiro Reporter, Correspondent and Deputy Editorial Director, Center for Investigative Reporting on his documentary on Frontline/World on the sinking of the oil tanker Prestige

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