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Morning after analysis of the President Bush's State of the Union speech and policy goals for his last year as President.
E.J. Dionne, Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution, Washington Post columnist, and author of "Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics After the Religious Right" and of "Stand Up Fight Back."
Michael Gerson, senior fellow,Council on Foreign Relations, former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, and author of "Heroic Conservatism: Why Republicans Need to Embrace American's Ideals (And Why They Deserve to Fail if They Don't)"
A look at what happens to veterans when they come home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, how their families are affected who's there to provide mental health care should they need it.
Dr. Barbara Romberg, Founder and President of "Give an Hour," a non-profit organization which provides mental health care needs to veterans and their families affected by the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. She's also a clinical psychologist specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of children.
Kristin Henderson, Kristin Henderson is a journalist married to a military chaplain who has served in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq. She's also author of "While They're at War."
Dr. Stephen Xenakis, Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Ret.), psychiatrist and consultant to Secretary of the U.S. Army. He's writing a report on PTSD for the Army and hopes to complete it by year's end.
Tanya Biank, Author of "Army Wives: The Unwritten Code of Military Marriage" which is now the subject of a Lifetime Television show. She also is a syndicated columnist (CinCHouse.com) and broke the story on four Army wife murders committed at Fort Bragg in 2002.
Karie Darga, CEO, Military Spouse Legacy Association. Her husband was killed in Iraq in 2006.
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