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10:00Congress and Health Care Reform

Guest host: Susan Page

Congress hopes to pass health care legislation before its summer break. A discussion of the different plans in Congress, the Administration’s position, and what reform might cost taxpayers.

Guests

Julie Rovner, health policy correspondent for National Public Radio, author of "Health Care Policy and Politics A-Z," and contributing editor for National Journal's CongressDaily.

Karen Tumulty, reporter, "Time" magazine

11:00Alex Storozynski: "The Peasant Prince" (St. Martin's Press)

Guest host: Susan Page

The story of Thaddeus Kosciuszko, an 18th-century Polish engineer who played a crucial role in the American Revolution. It was his plans for West Point that Benedict Arnold tried to sell to the British. Among figures in U.S. history, only George Washington has more statues in his honor.

Guests

Alex Storozynski, a Pultizer-Prize-winning journalist and president of the Kosciuszko Foundation

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