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Monday October 22, 2007

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Week of October 22, 2007

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10:00U.S. Weather Patterns and Drought

Severe drought conditions in several southern states and in large areas of the west are prompting new concerns about possible water shortages. An update U.S. weather patterns and water management policies

Guests

Gerald Galloway, Research Professor, Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor of Engineering, University of Maryland former brigadier general in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Mark Svoboda, climatologist, National Drought Mitigation Center

Richard Heim, Meteorologist NOAA's National Climatic Data Center

11:00Bob Drogin: "Curveball" (Random House)

In 1999, an Iraqi citizen traveled to German seeking to escape the regime of Saddam Hussein. He claimed to have knowledge of the dictator's WMD programs. In reality, he was just a cab driver whose lies were the basis of the Administration's drive to war. The real story behind the man code named 'Curveball' and how he helped cause a war.

Guests

Bob Drogin, a national security correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. He has won the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, The George Polk Award, and the Pulitzer Prize.

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