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Guest host: Frank Sesno
A spike in U-S troop deaths in Afghanistan and bombings of government buildings in Iraq complicate the tough choices ahead for the Obama Administration. How grim realities are shaping U.S. military options in both Iraq and Afghanistan
Nancy Youssef, Pentagon correspondent, McClatchy newspapers.
Thomas Ricks, senior fellow, Center for a New American Security contributing editor, Foreign Policy magazine and author of "The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008."
Peter Spiegel, senior national security correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.
Guest host: Frank Sesno
Louisa May Alcott's 'Little Women' has entertained readers for generations. A new biography of Alcott reveals her own life was as interesting and epic as that of her most popular novel’s heroine.
Harriet Reisen, Author, contributor to public radio, and writer and producer for public television.