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Thursday February 12, 2009

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10:00Green Collar Jobs

In the first of our series on the environment: What the proposed stimulus package could mean for the creation of green collar jobs and efforts to build a low-carbon economy.

Guests

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, is a former Democratic U.S. Senator from Colorado.

Bill Kovacs, vice president for environmental policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

David Leonhardt, reporter, New York Times

Bracken Hendricks, Senior Fellow,Center for American Progress and co-author of "Apollo's Fire"

Rep. Jay Inslee, Democratic Congressman from Washington and co-author of "Apollo's Fire."

11:00George McGovern: "Abraham Lincoln" (Times Books)

Abraham Lincoln came to power at a time when our nation faced great peril. Former U.S. senator and presidential candidate George McGovern offers new insights into the challenges faced by our sixteenth president... and lessons for President Obama on the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth.

Guests

George McGovern, former U.S. senator from South Dakota and former presidential candidate.

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