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Thursday February 22, 2007
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Guest host: Susan Page
A discussion about tensions between the U.S. and Russia over proposed U.S. anti-missile sites in Poland, dealings with Iran, and other issues, with a look at how Russian domestic politics are affecting Russia's stance toward the U.S., and how the U.S. is responding.
James Goldgeier, Whitney H. Shepardson fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Former director of Russian affairs for the National Security Council. Co-author of "Power and Purpose: U.S. Policy Toward Russia After the Cold War."
Andrei Sitov, Washington bureau chief for Itar-Tass
Peter Brookes, senior fellow for national security affairs at the Heritage Foundation; former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific affairs in the Bush administration; author, "A Devil's Triangle: Terrorism, WMD and Rogue States."
Guest host: Susan Page
From the Gettysburg Address to the Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln wrote some of the most important, and best remembered, speeches and political documents in our nation's history. A look at how Lincoln used the power of words to serve his presidency.
Douglas Wilson, co-director of the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College and author of "Honor's Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln."
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