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Pirates briefly seize a U.S.-flagged cargo ship off the coast of Somalia. There have been more than fifty pirate attacks in or near the Gulf of Aden (ay-den) this year. A look at the U.S. and international response piracy.
Dr. Andre Le Sage, is Assistant Professor & Academic Chair for Terrorism & Counterterrorism, Africa Center for Strategic Studies (A Department of Defense Initiative affiliated with the National Defense University)
Alex Kingsbury, is Associate Editor for National Security at US News & World Report
Major General Tom Wilkerson, is CEO of the United States Naval Institute.
John Bellinger, Senior Fellow in International and National Law at the Council on Foreign Relations. Former Legal Adviser to the Secretary of State during the George W. Bush administration.
Two years ago on the campus of Virginia Tech, a disturbed student gunned down thirty-two of his classmates and teachers. An English professor who had reached out to the troubled young man talks about the tragedy.
Lucinda Roy, Alumni and Distinguished Professor of English at Virginia Tech. She is also author of the novel "Lady Moses" and several poetry books. She teaches courses on creative writing, the civil rights movement, and literature.
Dr. Edward Spencer, is Vice President for Student Affairs at Virginia Tech.
Dr. Carol Bernstein, is President-Elect of the American Psychiatric Association. She serves as Associate Professor of Psychiatry and is an Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education at the NYU School of Medicine.
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