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Guest host: Syndicated columnist Steve Roberts
President Bush and Congressional Republicans plan to launch a major marketing campaign in support of transforming Social Security. We'll look at the strategy and its prospects for success.
Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and co-author of "Social Security: The Phony Crisis" (Portfolio)
Senator Byron Dorgan, Democrat, North Dakota
Michael Baroody, executive vice president, National Association of Manufacturers
Brian Jones, communications director of the Republican National Committee
Guest host: Syndicated columnist Steve Roberts
Journalist Karen Spears Zacharias was 9 years old in 1966 when her father died a hero in Vietnam. Her mother was 29 and left with three small children, an invalid father, and a ninth grade education. She tells the story of her mother's heroic struggles to hold the family together.
Karen Spears Zacharias, award-winning journalist and contributing columnist for "The Veteran." She serves on the national advisory board of the Virtual Wall and the Orphans of War Foundation and is a member of Sons and Daughters in Touch.
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