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10:00Senator Jim Webb: "A Time to Fight" (Broadway)

The freshman Senator of Virginia has said his proposal to expand college tuition benefits for veterans is not about politics, but debate over the measure has landed right in the middle of the presidential campaign. Jim Webb, a combat Vietnam veteran and former Navy Secretary in the Reagan Administration, discusses what brought him back to the Democratic Party and the direction he thinks the party and politics should take.

Guests

Sen. Jim Webb, Democratic Senator from Virginia; former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs and Navy Secretary in the Reagan administration; author

11:00Michael Paul Mason: "Head Cases" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

Every year one and a half million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury and at least 80,000 suffer from a long term disability as a result. Two experts describe the challenges of diagnosing and treating traumatic brain injuries.

Guests

Michael Paul Mason, a brain injury case manager and writer for "Discover" magazine.

Susan Connors, President/CEO,Brain Injury Association of America

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