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Tuesday August 21, 2007

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10:00Benchmarks in Iraq

In recent weeks the administration and some military leaders have said that the 18 benchmarks set by Congress may not be the best way to measure progress in Iraq. We hear different views on how progress there may be assessed.

Guests

Michael O'Hanlon, senior fellow in foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution

Jonathan Weisman, reporter, "The Washington Post"

Lawrence Korb, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and former Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Reagan administration

11:00Mike O'Connor: "Crisis, Persued by Disaster, Followed Closely by Catastrophe" (Random House)

A journalist investigates his parent's past to try and figure out why his family was always on the run.

Guests

Mike O'Connor, writer and former reporter for CBS News, "The New York Times," and NPR.

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