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Suicide bombings, assassinations and kidnappings are plaguing parts of Iraq, but in other areas the biggest problems are the power supply and the heat. A panel talks about Iraqi civilians' quality of life.
Bathsheba Crocker, co-director of the Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Pamela Constable, Kabul bureau chief for "The Washington Post"
Ann Scott Tyson, Pentagon and military correspondent for "The Christian Science Monitor"
Ibrahim Younis, Doctors Without Borders
United States Senator Robert Byrd has served under eleven different presidents. He talks to Diane about why he believes the current administration is reckless and arrogant.
Robert Byrd, senator from West Virginia, is the third longest-serving Member of Congress in American history.