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Down the Stretch

Robert Shrum, columnist for The Week magazine, a senior adviser to the Gore 2000 presidential campaign, chief strategist for the 2004 Kerry- Edwards campaign and the author of No Excuses: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner (Simon and Schuster), gives analysis of the final week of the presidential campaign.

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Bearish on Stocks

David Leonhardt, writes the "Economic Scene" column for the New York Times, is more cautious than Warren Buffet when it comes to buying stocks now.

"Are Stocks the Bargain You Think?" NYT 10/29/2008

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O'Byrne Out

New York Magazine contributor Geoffrey Gray talks about his recent profile of Gov. Paterson and the resignation of his chief of staff, Charles O'Byrne.

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30 Issues: Commander-In-Chief

Graham Allison, professor of government at Harvard's Kennedy School, talks about the military crises JFK faced at the beginning of his term. Prof. Allison is director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and advised Presidents Reagan and Clinton. He is the author of the classic book on the Cuban missile crisis, Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Clifford Alexander Jr., secretary of the Army during the Carter administration, discusses why he thinks Obama would make a good commander-in-chief; Gary Berntsen, chairman of New York Veterans for McCain, former CIA field commander during the war in Afghanistan in 2001, and author of Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander, talks about why he thinks McCain is the right man for the job.

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Anthony Swofford, former Marine and author of Jarhead, talks about military culture and how members of the military view their commander-in-chief. And Rick Maze, congressional editor of the Army Times Publishing Company, discusses what type of military our next president will inherit.

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