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Wednesday December 17, 2003

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10:00Medicare Reform and the AARP

Earlier this month President Bush signed into law legislation that dramatically overhauls Medicare. The leader of the nation's largest senior organization, AARP, explains his decision to endorse the legislation.

Guests

William D. Novelli, chief executive officer, AARP

11:00Readers' Review: John Hersey's "A Bell for Adano"

A panel discusses John Hersey's 1945 Pulitzer Prize winning novel about an American officer with civil authority for overseeing an Italian town after it's been liberated by Allied forces in WWII.

Guests

Jackson Bryer, professor emeritus of English at the University of Maryland and co-editor of "Dear Scott, Dear Zelda" (St. Martin's Press)

Giampiero Gramaglia, Bureau Chief of the Italian news agency ANSA

Anna Nelson, Distinguished Historian in Residence at American University.

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