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10:00Pension Plans and Retirement Security

Millions of older Americans have lost pension benefits promised by their employers. A look at how corporate risk taking, legislation, and the stock market have undermined financial security for retirees

Guests

Karen Friedman, policy director, Pension Rights Center

James Klein, president, American Benefits Council

Zvi Bodie, professor, School of Management Finance/Economics, Boston University

11:00Lynne Cheney: "A Time For Freedom" (Simon & Shuster)

By understanding the nation's past, young people will see that American freedom was not inevitable, Cheney argues. She discusses historical lessons and their bearing on current events.

Guests

Lynne Cheney, author of "America," "A is for Abigail," and "When Washington Crossed the Delaware." She is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, former chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and wife of Vice President Dick Cheney.

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