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Tuesday April 7, 2009

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10:00Defense Budget

Analysis of Defense Secretary Robert Gates plans for the Pentagon's 2010 budget which includes major cuts for traditional weapons programs and adds to spending for new technologies to fight insurgencies.

Guests

Col. Douglas Macgregor, U.S. Army-Retired and author of "Warrior's Rage: The Great Tank Battle of 73 Easting" and "Transformation Under Fire"

Rebecca Grant, senior fellow, Lexington Institute

John Bennett, reporter, Defense News

11:00Mary McGarry Morris: "The Last Secret" (Random House)

Mary McGarry Morris presents her latest novel. It explores the dangerous burden of not facing the truth as long-buried secrets threaten to unravel the life of a woman who seems to have everything.

Guests

Mary McGarry Morris, Author of six highly acclaimed novels, including "Vanished", and nominated for the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award.

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