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Tuesday July 3, 2001

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10:00Broadband

Broadband technology is the next step in the advance of the information age, promising high-speed Internet access and other new communications and entertainment technology. A panel talks about the different sectors of American business that are competing to dominate the market for this service.

Guests

Neil Munro, of the National Journal

Mark Cooper, director of research for the Consumer Federation of America

Jim Cocconi, general counsel for AT&T

Tom Tauke,

11:00Roger Wilkins: "Jefferson's Pillow: The Founding Fathers and the Dilemma of Black Patriotism" (Beacon)

George Washington and Thomas Jefferson changed the course of history in advocating freedom - yet at the same time, they were slave-owners. Historian Roger Wilkins talks about the ambivalent feelings he and other black Americans have about the founding fathers.

Guests

Roger Wilkins, professor of history and American culture at George Mason University

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