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UN-Intended Consequences
In 2004 the United Nations enlisted former Fed chairman Paul Volcker to investigate the Iraq Oil for Food program. His report contained harsh criticism for U.N. General Secretary Kofi Annan and his son Kojo Annan. Volcker’s new book expands on those findings. He joins us with co-author Jeffrey Meyer to discuss the program and economic issues in general. Also, the latest on voting in Ohio; we take a look at a documentary that examines life on Capitol Hill from the perspective of one Florida Democrat, and your calls on Katie Couric's debut as evening news anchor.
Back to the Future
Mark Crispin Miller, professor of media studies at New York University and author, Fooled Again ( Basic Books 2005)
- accuses George Bush of electoral fraud in Ohio
Buckeye Politics
Bill Cohen, reporter in the Ohio Public Radio TV Statehouse News Bureau
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Mark Naymik, politics reporter for the Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Ohio journalists report on the latest from their home state and its conflicted ballot box.
Mr. Wexler Goes to Washington
Jonathan Katz, legistlative aid to Congressman Robert Wexler of Florida's 9th district
- tell us what life as a Congressional staffer is like
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Ivy Meeropol, director
- on her documentary "The Hill"
» Congressman Wexler
» The Hill website
UN-Intended Consequences
Paul Volcker, former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman, leader of the
Independent Inquiry Committee investigating the U.N. "Oil for
Food" scandal
and
Jeffrey Meyer, former Senior Counsel to the Independent Inquiry Committee
investigating the U.N. "Oil For Food" scandal and chief editor
of its reports and co-author with Mark Califano,
Good Intentions Corrupted: The Oil-for-Food Scandal and the Threat to the U.N. (PublicAffairs, 2006)
- explain the "oil for food" scandal
» Independent Inquiry Committee reports
Open Phones
Listeners weigh in on Katie Couric's first day as anchor of CBS Evening News
» Video of Katie Couric's news debut
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