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The top U-S commander in Afghanistan warns that without more troops, mission failure is a possibility. Diane and a panel of experts discuss the situation there and the benefits and drawbacks of sending more troops to Afghanistan.
Paul Pillar, is a visiting professor at Georgetown University, in Washington, D.C. and a former CIA National Intelligence officer.
Karin von Hippel, codirector of the CSIS Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project and senior fellow with the CSIS International Security Program.
Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Senior Correspondent and Associate Editor at The Washington Post
Greed is out, empathy is in, says an internationally renowned zoologist. His studies of primates are changing the scientific community's understanding of human nature and offer lessons for a kinder society.
Frans de Waal answered some listener questions we couldn't get to on the air.
Frans de Waal, psychology professor at Emory University; author of "Chimpanzee Politics" and "Our Inner Ape;" director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Dr. Frans de Waal following the Sep. 22 broadcast.
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Join Diane Rehm as she interviews Carl Kasell at George Washington University's Jack Morton Auditorium.