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Marines guard a vehicle checkpoint in Iraq Marines in the documentary Endgame (Frontline)Causes and Effects
Former Middle East peace negotiator Dennis Ross tells guest host Jonathan Capehart why he believes the Bush administration’s policy in the region is seriously flawed. Then, we hear the true story of how a divorced editor fell in love with an inmate serving a life sentence. And the producer of a new Frontline documentary examines how mistakes by the US military led to a civil war in Iraq. Plus, Zoe Cassavetes and Parker Posey tell us about their new film.
Dos and Don’ts of Diplomacy
Dennis Ross served as Middle East envoy for George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton. In Statecraft, he explains the power of diplomacy—and argues that the current Bush administration’s approach to foreign policy is an example of what not to do.
Statecraft is available for purchase at amazon.com
In Love with an Inmate
Bridget Kinsella tells us how she fell in love with an inmate serving a life sentence in state prison, in her memoir Visiting Life.
Visiting Life is available for purchase at amazon.com
Event: Bridget Kinsella will be speaking and signing booksMonday, June 18 at 7 pm
Upper West Side Barnes & Noble
2289 Broadway, at 82nd Street
Behind Iraq's Civil War
Producer Michael Kirk investigates the strategic and tactical mistakes that led Iraq to civil war, in the new Frontline documentary "Endgame."
The Language of Love
Director Zoe Cassavetes and actress Parker Posey talk about their new film, "Broken English," about a disillusioned woman who changes her mind about love after meeting an intriguing French man.
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Bill Richardson on Diplomacy
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New Mexico governor Bill Richardson will be joining Obama’s cabinet as Commerce Secretary. You can hear him talk about his experience in foreign policy and diplomacy on the Lopate Show in April 2007.
Plaxico Burress on the Lopate Show
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NY Giants star Plaxico Burress is in the headlines this week for his self-inflicted gunshot wound. You can hear him on the Leonard Lopate Show in July 2008 talk about his life on and off the football field, and what it was like to win the 2007 Super Bowl.
Tom Daschle on Fixing America’s Health Care System
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Former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle has accepted President-Elect Barack Obama’s offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. You can hear Tom Daschle talk about his prescriptions for fixing American’s health care crisis on the Leonard Lopate Show in March 2008.
Barack Obama, Circa 2004
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Listen to President-Elect Barack Obama on the Leonard Lopate Show in November 2004. He had recently won a seat in the U.S. Senate, and only a few months before, his rousing speech during the 2004 Democratic National Convention catapulted him into the national spotlight.
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