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The stimulus package grows as Senate Republicans add a tax break for new home buyers. President Obama calls for limits on executive compensation and former Vice President Dick Cheney warns of future terrorist attacks. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week's top national news stories.
Naftali Bendavid, national correspondent, Wall Street Journal author of "The Thumpin': How Rahm Emanuel and the Democrats Learned to be Ruthless and Ended the Republican Revolution"
Sheryl Gay Stolberg, White House correspondent, "The New York Times"
John Harris, editor in chief, politico.com author of "The Survivor" and co-author of "The Way to Win."
Iraqi Shiites appear to choose nationalism over religion in provincial elections. Kyrgyzstan threatens to close a U.S. base key to operations in Afghanistan. The Vatican calls on a Bishop to recant his denial of the Holocaust. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week's top international news stories.
Moises Naim, editor in chief, "Foreign Policy" magazine
Barbara Slavin, assistant managing editor for world and national security at "The Washington Times;" author of "Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S and the Twisted Path to Confrontation"
David Ignatius, columnist, "The Washington Post;" co-moderator of "PostGlobal" on washingtonpost.com.
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