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Guest host: Susan Page
On the sixth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, a look at how the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are affecting the state of the U.S. military -- its troop levels, funding, and the role of technology in how wars are fought.
Thom Shanker, is Pentagon correspondent for "The New York Times."
Robert Work, is Vice President of Strategic Studies, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
Andrew Exum, is a fellow at the Center for a New American Security. He served in the Army in Iraq and Afghanistan and is founder of the blog, "Abu Mugawama."
Robert Haddick, is a defense analyst at Small Wars Journal and a former U.S. Marine Corps officer. He commanded a rifle company and served on a battalion staff. He currently writes the weekly "Small Wars" column at Foreign Policy Magazine.
Guest host: Susan Page
A blow by blow account of the greed, arrogance, and in-fighting that led to the collapse of Bear Stearns – once the nation’s fifth largest investment bank
William Cohan, former senior Wall Street investment banker. previous book: "Last Tycoons"
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