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Wednesday October 3, 2007

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10:00Private Security Contractors in Iraq

The founder of the private security firm Blackwater testifies on Capitol Hill after a shooting incident in which 17 Iraqis were killed, and we look at the larger questions about the role of private security contractors in Iraq.

Guests

Doug Brooks, president of the International Peace Operations Association

Karen DeYoung, senior diplomatic correspondent, The Washington Post

Deborah Avant, professor and director of International Studies at the University of California, Irvine

Ali Al-Dabbagh, special envoy for the Iraqi Prime Minister and spokesman for the Iraqi government

11:00Jim Lehrer: "Eureka" (Random House)

Anchor of the NewsHour Jim Lehrer presents his latest novel. It's the story of an ordinary man who does some extraordinary things in the days leading up to his 60th birthday. Jim Lehrer talks about the art of writing and the state of the news.

Guests

Jim Lehrer, executive editor and anchor of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS and author of two memoirs, three plays, and sixteen novels.

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