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Tuesday October 23, 2007

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10:00Iraq

The crisis at Iraqi-Turkish border and a look at the changing face of Iraq's internal security threat.

Guests

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

Yochi Dreazen, military correspondent for "The Wall Street Journal"

Soner Cagaptay, Turkish research program director, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Stephen Biddle, senior fellow for defense policy, Council on Foreign Relations; author, "Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle."

11:00Long-Term Care

A look at the state of nursing homes and alternative forms of long-term care, and the challenges ahead in an aging America.

Guests

Jeanie Kayser-Jones, professor of gerontological nursing & medical anthropology and founder of the John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence at the University of California, San Francisco

Paul R. Willging, associate director for program applications at Johns Hopkins University's Center on Aging and Health, and the School of Medicine's Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology; former president and CEO of both the Assisted Living Federation of America, and the American Health Care Association

Howard Gleckman, senior research associate at The Urban Institute; visiting fellow at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College; and author of a forthcoming book on long-term care.

Charles Duhigg, reporter, The New York Times

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