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Wednesday March 26, 2008

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10:00Iraq

President Bush vows to ensure the outcome in Iraq will "merit the sacrifice," and the top commander there recommends pausing troop draw downs during the final months of the Bush presidency. Meanwhile, violence has increased in Baghdad and Moqtada al Sadr is threatening a revolt amidst intra-Shiite violence in the south. A look at the factional challenges to stability in Iraq and U.S. strategy going forward.

Guests

Leila Fadel, Baghdad bureau chief, McClatchy Newspapers

Steven Lee Myers, White House Correspondent, New York Times

Joost Hiltermann, Deputy Program Director for the Middle East and North Africa, International Crisis Group

Daniel Serwer, vice president,Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations at the U.S. Institute of Peace; former executive director, the Iraq Study Group

11:00Matthew Parker: "Panama Fever" (Doubleday)

The Panama Canal remains one of the engineering marvels of all time. Author Matthew Parker examines the cost - in lives and treasure - of what Theodore Roosevelt called 'one of the great works of the world.'

Guests

Matthew Parker, author of "The Battle of Britain" and "Monte Cassino"

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