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President-elect Obama has said he'll close the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay. Our panel discusses the series of tough choices awaiting him on how to prosecute suspected terrorists and how to handle those who won't face trial.
Charles Stimson, senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation's Center for Legal and Judicial Studies; former deputy assistant defense secretary for detainee affairs
Ken Gude, associate director, Center for American Progress; authored the report "How to Close Guantanamo"
Vincent Warren, executive director, Center for Constitutional Rights
Diane invites listeners to join a discussion of the book which received this year's Mann Booker Prize. The judges said it was chosen because it shocked and entertained them in equal measure. "The White Tiger" is a darkly humorous novel about a man's journey from Indian village life to entrepreneurial success.
Deirdre Donahue, Book Critic for "USA Today"
Elaine Showalter, Professor Emerita of English at Princeton University, author or editor of 18 books, and Chair of the 2007 International Man Booker Prize Committee.
Arvind Subramanian, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and at the Center for Global Development. He is the author of "India's Turn: Understanding the Economic Transformation."
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