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Monday December 6, 2004

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Week of December 6, 2004

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10:00Iraq Troop Deployment

The U.S. increased its troop commitment in Iraq by 12,000, for a total of about 150,000. Diane and her guests talk about the military strategy in Iraq in the lead-up to elections.

Guests

Julian Barnes, Pentagon reporter for the "Los Angeles Times"

Maj. Gen. Bill Nash, U.S. Army-Retired, senior fellow and director of the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations

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)

11:00Jim Wooten: "We Are All The Same" (The Penguin Press)

An American newsman tells the story of a South African boy who put a human face on his country's devastating AIDS epidemic. Nkosi Johnson was infected with HIV from birth and lived only 12 years, but his legacy was enormous.

Guests

Jim Wooten, senior correspondent for ABC News.

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