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An update on President Obama's meeting with the leaders of Canada and Mexico on issues of mutual concern including escalating drug violence in Mexico, immigration, and the economy.
Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Policy fellow at the Brookings Institution and adjunct professor at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.
Francisco Gonzalez, Riordan Roett Associate Professor of Latin American Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Peter DeShazo, Director, Americas Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
John Morton, assistant secretary, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Alex Lee, Director of the Office of Mexican Affairs, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Department of State
It was the longest and most expensive campaign in history. It was also the most historic. Two veteran journalists offer new insights and analysis of the 2008 presidential election.
Dan Balz, of the Washington Post
Haynes Johnson, journalist, historian and author
Join Diane Rehm as she interviews Carl Kasell at George Washington University's Jack Morton Auditorium.