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Monday April 23, 2007

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Week of April 23, 2007

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10:00French Presidential Elections

A look at the personalities and issues shaping France's most dynamic presidential race in years, after voters narrow the field to two.

Guests

Jacqueline Grapin, president, European Institute in Washington

Jeremy Shapiro, director of research, Center on the United States and Europe, and fellow, Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution

Patrick Jarreau, deputy editor, Le Monde

Pierre Rousselin, foreign editor, Le Figaro

11:00Lucinda Franks: "My Father's Secret War" (Miramax Books)

A Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist describes her investigation into her father's past as an undercover agent during World War II. She discovers how his experiences haunted both him and her family.

Guests

Lucinda Franks, writer for "The New York Times" since the mid-1970s; contributor to "New York Times Book Review," "The Atlantic Monthly," "The Nation," "Travel and Leisure," "People," and "New York," among other publications; and author of "Waiting Out a War" and "Wild Apples."

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