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Monday January 30, 2006

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Week of January 30, 2006

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12:06Maryland Politics Hour

Annapolis is flush with veto's and veto-overrides, as the Governor and the Statehouse position themselves for an election year. Meanwhile, all sides are taking credit for Maryland’s nearly 2 billion dollar revenue surplus. Hear about spending priorities and upcoming election battles, on the Maryland Politics Hour .

Guests

Bruce DePuyt, Host of "NewsTalk," News Channel 8

Tom Dennison, Maryland Statehouse Bureau Chief, Gazette Newspaper

Bob Benenson, Editor, CQ Politics.com

E.J. Pipkin, Maryland State Senator (R-Dist. 36)

Rocky Worcester, President, Maryland Business for Responsive Government

Kumar Barve, House Majority Leader of the Maryland House of Delegates (D- Dist. 17)

13:06Restructuring USAID

Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice proposes reorganizing the more than ten agencies & departments involved in U.S. foreign aid. Kojo looks at the relationship between diplomacy, development, and defense.

Guests

Carol Lancaster, Director, Mortara Center for International Studies at Georgetown University; former Deputy Administrator of USAID (1993-96)

Lael Brainard, Senior Fellow Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution; Co-director, Brookings-CSIS Task Force on Transforming Foreign Assistance for the 21st Century

William Reese, President and CEO, International Youth Foundation

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