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Monday August 2, 2004

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10:00Quality of Life in Iraq

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.

Guests

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

11:00Sen. Robert Byrd: "Losing America" (WW Norton)

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.

Guests

Robert Byrd, senator from West Virginia, is the third longest-serving Member of Congress in American history.

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