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The Brian Lehrer Show

Tuesday, March 01, 2005
  • They Might Be Giants

    Does being the only superpower in the world mean the U.S. can act without regard for its allies? In her new book, The Superpower Myth, Clinton-administration foreign policy insider Nancy Soderberg details the limits she sees to military might and advises the Bush administration not to buy into their own press.

Shot in the Arm

Ceci Connolly Washington Post writer discusses the National Governors Association meeting and medicaid

Human Wrongs

Fiona Doherty, Senior Counsel for Human Rights First (for U.S. Law and Security Program), on the group's lawsuit against a high-ranking US administration official over prisoner abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan
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They Might Be Giants

Nancy Soderberg, Vice President of the International Crisis Group, former senior Clinton official and ambassador to the U.N., author The Superpower Myth: The Use and Misuse of American Might (John Wiley & Sons, 2005), says US unilateralism will not bring peace to regional conflicts
» The International Crisis Group

All for one

Antoine Faisal, publisher of Aramica Newspaper, a bi-weekly based in Bay Ridge serving the Arab-American community in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, on recent political events in Lebanon

Courting Justice

Philip Carter, Attorney and Contributor to Slate Magazine
» Slate
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Stuart Taylor, Columnist with the National Journal, on the Supreme Court ruling barring juvenile death sentences and a ruling calling for Jose Padilla's charge or release
» National Journal

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Word from Abroad

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John Burns, London bureau chief for the New York Times, reflects on his work in China, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, and Iraq.

Chief of Technology

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Andrew Rasiej, founder of Personal Democracy Forum, talks about the potential presidential cabinet position of Chief Technology Officer. Who's in your fantasy cabinet? Visit our Fab Cab page and let us know.

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