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Tuesday September 25, 2007
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Guest host: Steve Roberts
Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is making his third visit to the Unites States this week. We'll talk about the state of U.S - Iranian relations and protests over his invitation to speak at Columbia University.
Thomas Donnelly, resident fellow, American Enterprise Institute and author of "The Military We Need: The Defense Requirements of the Bush Doctrine" (AEI Press)
Ray Takeyh, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he concentrates on Iran, Islamist movements, and Middle Eastern politics.
Barbara Slavin, senior diplomatic reporter, USA Today author of upcoming book "Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S and the Twisted Path to Confrontation"
The controversial presidential election of 1800 between John Adams and his vice president Thomas Jefferson spawned the two-party system we have today. We'll discuss the bitter campaign that resulted in Jefferson winning the White House and how it changed American politics forever.
Edward Larson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and professor of history and law at Pepperdine University.
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