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Rep. Scott GarrettMonday Morning Politics
David Gergen, editor-at-large of U.S. News and World Report and New Jersey Republican Congressman Scott Garrett discusses being a minority in the Democratic controlled Congress. We explore the reality of compromise between Nancy Pelosi and George Bush. Also, Blair Williams discusses the Anglo-Indian community in India, and we examine the current experience of teenagers in the foster care system.
Monday Morning Politics Part 1
David Gergen, Editor-at-Large, U.S. News and World Report and Director, Center for Public Leadership, John F. Kennedy School of Government
-discusses the possibility of common ground between Nancy Pelosi and George Bush
and
Scott Garrett, Republican Congressman from New Jersey
- talks about being a minority in the Democratic-controlled Congress and what is on the political agenda for Republicans
The Jewel in the Crown
Blair Williams , Professor of Industry at Polytechnic University
- examines the Anglo-Indian community in India and the diaspora
Jesus Christ: Superstar
Jerry Jenkins, former vice president for publishing and current writer-at-large for the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago and co-author
and
Tim LaHaye, minister and co-author
-on their new book, "John's Story: The Last Eyewitness (Book One of The Jesus Chronicles) (Putnam 2006)
John's Story available for purchase at Amazon.com
Bachelor Party Shooting
Rickford Burke, president of the Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy
and
Graham Weatherspoon, of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care
-on the controversial shooting of a man in Queens before his wedding day
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