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Tuesday October 25, 2005

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10:00The War in Iraq and U.S. Foreign Policy*

Diane and her guests talk about the shifting justifications for the war in Iraq, how U.S. operations and the political process are being handled today, and how both have reflected on U.S. foreign policy and the nation's role in the international community.

*This segment will begin with a short update on Federal Reserve chairman nominee Ben S. Bernanke.

Guests

Allan Meltzer, visiting scholar, American Enterprise Institute and author of "A History of the Federal Reserve"

Thomas Schlesinger, executive director, Financial Markets Center

Jeffrey Goldberg, Washington correspondent for the "New Yorker"

Bill Kristol, editor of "The Weekly Standard" and "The Weekly Standard : A Reader: 1995-2005."

Zbigniew Brzezinski, counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, professor of foreign policy at The Johns Hopkins University. His many books include,"The Choice," "The Grand Failure" and "The Grand Chessboard," and "Second Chance." He served as national security adviser to former President Jimmy Carter.

11:00John Marzluff: "In the Company of Crows and Ravens" (Yale)

Our language, art, culture, and religion have all been influenced over the ages by our interactions with crows. Humans also have had a significant impact on the complex culture of crows. Diane and her guest take a look at the unique relationship between humans and corvids.

Guests

John Marzluff, Denman Professor of Sustainable Resource Sciences and professor of wildlife science at the University of Washington's College of Forest Resources.

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