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10:00Congress Versus the White House

Congress and the Administration square off over funding the wars in Iraq and Afhganistan, fixing the sub-prime mortgage mess, and a new Farm Bill. Diane and her guests discuss what's at stake and who the winners and losers are likely to be.

Guests

Norman Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute

Thomas Mann, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-author of "The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How To Get It Back On Track"

Julie Hirschfeld Davis, congressional reporter, The Associated Press

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), chairman of the senate agriculture committee

11:00Ted Sorensen "Counselor"

Few Presidential advisers have had relationships as close to their boss as Ted Sorensen did with John F. Kennedy. Mr. Sorensen discusses his role in some of the most dramatic events of the 1960s, and why today he's supporting Senator Barack Obama for President.

Guests

Ted Sorensen, special counsel to President John F. Kennedy.

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