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10:00Egypt and the United States

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak visits the White House for the first time in five years. His message: Arab nations want peace but Israel must make concessions first. U.S.-Egypt relations and the peace process.

Guests

Martin Indyk, vice president for foreign policy, the Brookings Institution.

Michele Dunne, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and editor of the monthly online journal, "Arab Reform Bulletin."

Samer Shehata, assistant professor of Arab politics, Georgetown University Center for Contemporary Arab Studies.

Nicole Shampaine, director, the State Department's office of Egypt and Levant Affairs.

11:00Nicholas Schmidle: "To Live or to Perish Forever" (Henry Holt)

A young American goes to Pakistan to launch his journalism career. Twenty-two months later he's expelled from the country. A first-person account of the power and appeal of the Taliban, the ideological cross-currents in Pakistan, and life in one of the world's most dangerous places.

Guests

Nicholas Schmidle, journalist; fellow at the New America Foundation

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