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The Brian Lehrer Show

Friday, April 07, 2006
  • A person looks out at the former site of the World Trade Center May 5, 2005
    A person looks out at the former site of the World Trade Center May 5, 2005 (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

    Urban Conversations: Cities at Risk

    As the Gulf Coast grapples with the challenges of rebuilding in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and New York City looks at its own ability to deal with disasters, a special edition of the show from the New School looks at how we can learn to be prepared for future emergencies. Guests include 9/11 Commissioner Bob Kerrey, former FEMA director, Michael Brown along with his predecessor, James Lee Witt.

Urban Conversations: Cities at Risk

Bob Kerrey, president of The New School, former senator (D-NE), and former 9/11 Commission member
and
Clark Kent Ervin, former inspector general of the United States Department of Homeland Security, director of the Aspen Institute Homeland Security Initiative, and author, Open Target : Where America is Vulnerable to Attack (Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming 2005),
and
Michael Brown, former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
and
James Lee Witt, former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
and
Martin O'Malley, Mayor of Baltimore (D)
-on the Palestinian elections

» Bob Kerrey (The New School)
» Clark Kent Ervin (The Aspen Institute)
» Michael Brown (The White House)
» James Lee Witt (James Lee Witt Associates)
» Martin O'Malley (The City of Baltimore)

Open Phones

listeners share their reactions to our panel discussion

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