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10:00U.S. Anti-terror Tools in the Obama Adminstration

In his Inaugural address, President Obama said 'we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals'. A look at how the new administration may modify or dismantle anti-terror tools adopted under President Bush.

Guests

Mike Posner, president, Human Rights First

Jess Bravin, reporter, Wall Street Journal

Mark Thiessen, speechwriter for former President Bush

11:00Bryan Burrough: "The Big Rich" (Penguin)

Guest host: Susan Page

"Vanity Fair" correspondent, Bryan Burrough, explores the beginnings of America's obsession with oil by chronicling the lives of the Texas oil industry's four wealthiest families -- known in their heyday as "The Big Four."

Guests

Bryan Burrough, is a special correspondent at "Vanity Fair" magazine and the author of three books. He was formerly a finance reporter for "The Wall Street Journal."

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