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President Obama announces plans for the detainees still held at Guantanamo. Diane and her guests will discuss new questions and concerns from Congress about the administration's plan for closing the detention facility.
Elisa Massimino, CEO and Executive Director of Human Rights First
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."
Victoria Toensing, former chief counsel to the Senate Intelligence Committee and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General. While serving at the Department of Justice Ms. Toensing created the Terrorism Section. She is now in private practice in Washington, D.C.
David Remes, attorney in private practice, representing several detainees at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay facility in Cuba.
Elizabeth Edwards discusses challenges and adversities in her life, including her battle with breast cancer, efforts to reform the nation's health care system, and the fallout from her husband's affair.
Elizabeth Edwards, lawyer, mother, and wife of former vice presidential candidate John Edwards.
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