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Defense Secretary Robert Gates has endorsed pausing troop drawdowns in Iraq. Where the "surge" and Iraq policy are heading in the final months of the Bush administration, and how the presidential candidates are reacting.
James Kitfield, senior correspondent, "National Journal" magazine
Lawrence Korb, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and former Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Reagan administration
Max Boot, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of "War Made New" (Gotham Books)
Gen. Wesley Clark, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander and author of "A Time To Lead," "Waging Modern War" and "Winning Modern Wars."
Man Booker Prize-winning author Anne Enright discusses her fourth novel, "The Gathering." The story centers around a large Irish family that have gathered in Dublin to bury their troubled sibling. Lurking in the background is a terrible secret that drove their brother Liam to take his own life.
Anne Enright, winner of the 2007 Man Booker Prize, other novels include, "The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch," "What Are You Like?" and "The Wig My Father Wore."
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