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The Brian Lehrer Show / December 07, 2006

The Brian Lehrer Show

Thursday, December 07, 2006
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  • U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 506th Regimental Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division provide security during a patrol in the Adhamiyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 13, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Bronco Suzuki
    U.S. Army soldiers provide security in Baghdad on Nov. 13, 2006. (U.S. Army photo)

    Study Up

    Two members of the Iraq Study Group, Leon Panetta and Sandra Day O’Connor, discuss their recommendations for U.S. Middle East policy and the possibility of consensus. Plus: reaction to the ISG report from a leader of the new Democratic Congress, Rep. Tom Lantos, the ranking member of the House International Relations Committee; and an “exit interview” with Charles Gargano, Governor Pataki’s development czar.

House Response

Tom Lantos, Congressman (D Ca district 12) and House International Relations Committee Ranking Member
- discusses the report given by the Iraq Study Group

Betrayed Promises

Bob Herbert, New York Times columnist and author, Promises Betrayed: Waking up from the American Dream (Times Books, 2005)
- talks about his columns and the shooting of Sean Bell

Building Blocks

Charles Gargano, outgoing chairman of the Empire State Development Corporation
- an exit interview with Governor Pataki's development czar

The Committee Speaks

Sandra Day O'Connor, former Supreme Court Justice and member of the Iraq Study Group
and
Leon Panetta, former White House Chief of Staff for President Clinton, head of the Panetta Insititute and member of the Iraq Study Group
- on the findings of the Iraq Study Group

Open Phones

Listeners react to the Iraq Study report

A person dressed as a bear to represent a bear market performs outside the New York Stock Exchange on October 6, 200 in New York. Wall Street tumbled after the opening bell as fallout from the credit crisis triggered concerns about the economy and the Dow fell below 10,000 for the first time in four years.

Uncommon Indicators

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The Brian Lehrer Show wants to hear how the economy is affecting the little things in your daily life. Share your stories and photos of the downturn.

Just Launched! The Uncommon Economic Indicators Video Contest. All the details here!

Ray Young, General Motors Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

The Rocky Road Ahead

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Ray Young, the chief financial officer of General Motors, talks about GM’s bankruptcy.

Then, Damon Lester, president of the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers, and Greg Williams, former owner of the recently closed Huntington Chevrolet in Huntington Station, NY., discusses the effect GM’s bankruptcy has had on dealerships and their employees.

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Tweet If You Use Twitter

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Farhad Manjoo, Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society talks about what Twitter means and how different groups use it.

What's your take on Twitter? How do you use it? Comment below!

(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexerde/80417539/">alexerde</a>/flickr)

Don't Say That, Literally

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John Flansburgh of the band They Might Be Giants discusses the running list the band keeps of "things we can no longer say." (a few examples: "my bad" "don't go there" "one hundred and ten percent" and "voted off the island")

What would be on your list of banned words or phrases? Comment below!

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From Denmark with Love

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Jesper Grunwald, senior managing editor with the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, talks about the Danish economy, biking to work, and why the Danes are allegedly the happiest people in the world.

Judge Sotomayor

Squatting, Then and Now

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As former squats in the East Village make the transition to coops, making homes from abandoned housing is again an issue. Andrew Reicher executive director of Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, Frank Morales an Episcopal priest involved in East Village/Lower East Side squatting and homelessness activism since the late '70s, and Rob Robinson, a leader of the Housing Campaign of Picture the Homeless, discuss the return of squatting.

Video Picks

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Check out some recent video clips of interviews with guests and Brian Lehrer's weekly Web video picks.