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Wednesday September 17, 2003

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10:00Afghanistan Update

Diane and her guests talk about U.S. aid to Afghanistan, progress in that country's peacekeeping and reconstruction efforts, and the persistent obstacles to peace and prosperity.

Guests

Omar Samad, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Canada

Frederick Starr, chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

Roy Gutman, senior fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace and "Newsweek" reporter

11:00Readers' Review: "Bee Season"

Diane invites you to join her and a panel for a conversation of "Bee Season" by Myla Goldberg. The novel is about what happens to an eccentric family after its youngest member wins a spelling bee.

Guests

Kermit Moyer, professor of literature at American University

Judith Rapoport, Judith Rapoport is a child psychologist and professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at George Washington University School of Medicine. She's also author of "The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing."

Marcus Burstein, Rabbi of Temple Rodef Shalom in Falls Church, Virginia

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