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Monday May 23, 2005

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Week of May 23, 2005

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10:00Iraq Update

Deadly attacks in Iraq are on the rise after a brief reprieve following that country's elections. Diane and her guests talk about the insurgency and U.S. and Iraqi military operations, with a look at developments in Iraqi politics.

Guests

Dan Senor, former spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, and founder of Senor Strategies.

Erik Gustafson, executive director of the Education for Peace in Iraq Center in Washington

11:00Joseph Lelyveld: "Omaha Blues" (Farrar Straus & Giroux)

The former executive editor of the New York Times writes about his childhood. He grew up in the aftermath of World War II, the son of a famous Rabbi and a peripatetic mother. It's the story of how our memories change over time and how a son rediscovered his parents.

Guests

Joseph Lelyveld, executive editor of The New York Times from 1994 to 2001. Before that he served as the paper's managing editor, foreign editor, and correspondent in London, New Delhi, Hong Kong, and Johannesburg. He is the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning book "Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White."

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