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Monday October 25, 2004

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Week of October 25, 2004

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10:00The Politics of Fear

Both President George Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry are telling voters that the election of their opponent will lead to dire consequences. Diane and her guests talk about the competing claims, how they compare to the facts, and the effect on American voters.

Guests

E.J. Dionne, senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, Washington Post columnist, and author of "Stand Up Fight Back."

David Frum, resident fellow, American Enterprise Institute; co-author of "An End to Evil: What's Next in the War on Terror;" former speechwriter and special assistant to President George W. Bush (2001-02).

11:00Max Frankel: "High Noon in the Cold War" (Ballantine Books)

The Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and former executive editor of the "New York Times" who covered the Kennedy White House in Washington, Khrushchev in Moscow, and Castro in Havana, offers a comprensive and definitive account of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Guests

Max Frankel, author of "The Times of My Life and My Life with the Times."

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