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10:00Economic Costs of Military Operations in Iraq

Some analysts estimate that the U.S. is spending about $12 billion dollars a month to fund military operations in Iraq. We'll hear different views on the economic costs of the war and what we gained as a result.

Guests

Michael O'Hanlon, senior fellow in foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution

Linda Bilmes, Professor, John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Winslow Wheeler, director, Straus Military Reform Project, Center for Defense Information

Robert Hormats, vice chairman of Goldman Sachs, International, author of "The Price of Liberty: Paying for America's Wars from the Revolution to the War on Terror" and a former member of the board of directors of the Council on Foreign Relations.

11:00Jodee Blanco: "Please Stop Laughing At Us ..." (BenBella)

Being the victim of a bully at school is often dismissed as just a part of growing up, but many say it can leave lasting emotional scars. A survivor of peer abuse offers advice for parents, teachers and children on coping with and putting an end to the abusive practice.

Guests

Jodee Blanco, author, of "Please Stop Laughing at Us" published 2008 and "Please Stop Laughing at Me" published 2003

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