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Monday September 24, 2007

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Week of September 24, 2007

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10:00SCHIP

Guest host: Susan Page

A popular children's health insurance program expires September 30th. The House and Senate have worked out a deal to reauthorize it. Two experts, a journalist and a U.S. Senator will discuss the deal on the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)

Guests

Robert Greenstein, founder and executive director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Jonathan Weisman, reporter, "The Washington Post"

Nina Owcharenko, Senior Policy Analyst in the Center for Health Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation

Sen. Charles Grassley, (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee

11:00Wangari Maathai: "Unbowed" (Anchor)

Guest host: Susan Page

The 2004 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize discusses how the Green Belt Movement she founded led from planting trees to sowing the seeds of democracy in Kenya. Maathai is the first African woman and first environmentalist to win the prize.

Guests

Wangari Maathai, Founder of the Green Belt Movement, member of Kenya's Parliament, and recipient of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize.

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