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Tuesday February 27, 2007
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Guest host: Susan Page
Iran has reportedly ignored a UN Security Council ultimatum regarding its uranuim enrichment program, and the U.S. is charging that it is actively supporting insurgents inside Iraq. We'll hear different perspectives on ongoing tensions between Washington and Tehran.
Ray Takeyh, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he concentrates on Iran, Islamist movements, and Middle Eastern politics.
Thomas Donnelly, resident fellow, American Enterprise Institute and author of "The Military We Need: The Defense Requirements of the Bush Doctrine" (AEI Press)
Kenneth Pollack, director of research at the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution; author of "The Persian Puzzle: the Conflict between Iran and America;" former director for Persian Gulf Affairs and former director for Near East and South Asian Affairs at the National Security Council; former Iran-Iraq military analyst, Central Intelligence Agency
Guest host: Susan Page
Kerry Max Cook spent 20 years on death row for a murder he didn't commit. He talks about how he finally walked free, and what American justice looks like from death row.
Kerry Max Cook, author and former death row inmate
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