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Wednesday February 9, 2005

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10:00Middle East Summit

The Israeli and Palestinian leadership traded pledges of peace Tuesday at a meeting in Egypt, the first such summit in four years. Diane and her guests discuss the talks between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and the role of the U.S. in the region's politics and security.

Guests

Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, University of Maryland and author of "The Stakes: America and the Middle East" (Westview Press)

Martin Indyk, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution

11:00Ronald White: "The Eloquent President" (Random House)

A historian offers in-depth analysis of President Abraham Lincoln's extraordinary skills as a public speaker, and looks at the lasting legacy of his words.

Guests

Ronald White, author, professor at San Francisco Theological Seminary, and fellow at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California

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