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Guest host: Katty Kay
Reflections on the man known as The Lion of the Senate. A look back on the life and career of Senator Edward Kennedy: his accomplishments during almost five decades in Congress and some of the controversies that have surrounded the youngest brother of J.F.K.
Neil Kerwin, president, American University
Edward Klein, Former foreign editor of Newsweek and former editor-in-chief of The New York Times Magazine. Frequent contributor to Vanity Fair and Parade. Author of several biographies, including "All Too Human," "Just Jackie," "Farewell, Jackie," "The Kennedy Curse," and most recently "Ted Kennedy: The Dream That Never Died."
Bella English, Boston Globe reporter and contributor to the book “Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy”
Geoff Garin, Democratic pollster, Peter D. Hart Research Associates
David Winston, Republican pollster and President of the Winston Group. He also writes for Roll Call and is a CBS News consultant.
Thanks to everyone who submitted their favorite summer reads for this month's Readers' Review. Diane picked "Dancing at the Rascal Fair" by Ivan Doig, which is also one of her favorite books. It is the central volume in a trilogy that traces the fate of a Scottish family in Montana.
Deirdre Donahue, Book Critic for "USA Today"
Mark La Framboise, Politics and Prose Books, Washington, D.C.
Andre Bernard, Vice President and Secretary of the Guggenheim Foundation; former publisher with Harcourt