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Tom Ridge, the country's first Homeland Security Secretary announced his resignation this week. We'll talk about what's been accomplished in the effort to prevent terror attacks on U.S. soil and what's ahead for the Homeland Security Department
Paul Light, professor, New York University and senior fellow, The Brookings Institution
Frank Cilluffo, associate vice president, Homeland Security Policy Institute at George Washington University
Matthew Brzezinski, journalist and author of "Fortress America: On the Front Lines of Homeland Security- An Inside Look at the Coming Surveillance State"
George Balanchine revolutionized ballet. A new biography traces his arrival in the U.S. from Imperial Russia, his impact on dance, and his life off-stage.
Robert Gottlieb, former Editor-in-Chief of Knopf Publishers and The New Yorker
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