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Tuesday December 5, 2006

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10:00Confirmation Hearings for Secretary of Defense Nominee Robert Gates

The Senate Armed Services Committee holds confirmation hearings today on President Bush's nominee to succeed Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates. We'll talk about the hearings and some of the many challenges he'll face as head at the Defense Department if confirmed as expected.

Guests

Paul Pillar, visiting professor, Georgetown University former National Intelligence officer, CIA

Lt. Gen. William Odom, U.S. Army-Ret., former director of the National Security Agency and senior fellow at the Hudson Institute

David Frum, resident fellow, American Enterprise Institute; co-author of "An End to Evil: What's Next in the War on Terror;" former speechwriter and special assistant to President George W. Bush (2001-02).

11:00Online Videos

Video content on the web is growing at an exponential pace. We'll talk about some of the implications for television, cable, and the movie industries, advertisers, copyright lawyers, and yes, consumers.

Guests

Tim Tuttle, VP, AOL Video and CEO and Founder, Truveo, online video search

Kevin Delaney, reporter, Wall Street Journal

Robert Pegoraro, reporter, Washington Post

Rick Cotton, EVP and General Counsel, NBC Universal

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