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Social Security reform, supporting democracy in Iraq, education improvements, and bringing the troops home were just a few of the priorities President Bush named yesterday in a speech in Washington. He spoke after receiving a phone call from John Kerry conceding the election. A panel talks about what to expect in the next four years.
Ivo Daalder, senior fellow in foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution, former director for European Affairs for the National Security Council, and co-author of "America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy" (Brookings, Nov 2003)
David Keene, chairman of the American Conservative Union and managing associate with Carmen Group, a D.C.-based governmental-affairs firm
Dana Milbank, White House reporter for the Washington Post
Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves talks about her acclaimed career as an opera singer, and about the challenges she's faced in recent years, including depression, a high-risk pregnancy, and vocal cord surgery. She's now back on stage, currently appearing in the Washington Opera's production of "Il Trovatore" -- and she's also the proud mother of a baby girl.
Denyce Graves, opera singer
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