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Sixty-eight percent of the region's electricity is consumed by buildings. Now local governments are adopting new carrots and sticks to encourage builders and owners to "go green" and save energy. We look at new initiatives in Montgomery County and the District, and explore the future of green building.
Iris Amdur, Principal of GreenShape, LLC
Joan Kelsch, Environmental Planner, Arlington County; Chair of Intergovernmental Green Building Group (IGBG), Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
Sean Cahill, Vice President of Development, Louis Dreyfus Property Group
It's a story well-known in Japan, but virtually unknown here -- how ordinary Japanese citizens were kidnapped by North Korea over the last thirty years. We hear about Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story, an award-winning documentary exposing this previously untold story, and its impact on international relations between North Korea and her neighbors.
Patty Kim, screenwriter/producer/director, Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story
Baghdad is not Saigon. Yet analogies to Vietnam pervade discussions about the U.S. role in Iraq. So how useful are these comparisons? Kojo explores the use- and misuse- of history and analogies to describe today's crisis in Iraq.
David Greenberg, Assistant Professor, Journalism, Media Studies and History, Rutgers University; "History Lesson" writer, Slate.com
Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
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