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Robert Caro, Author, "The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Passage of Power" - Part 2
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This is the second part of a discussion with Pulitzer prize winning author and historian Robert Caro. He talks about his newly released biography of Lyndon Johnson entitled The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Passage of Power. This is his fourth book in the Johnson biographical series and Caro promises a fifth and final book in the future. The period covered in the book is from 1958 until early 1964.
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12年5月20日
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Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy, Co-Authors, "The Presidents Club" - Part 1
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Co-authors Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy discuss their newly released historical narrative The Presidents Club: Inside the Worlds Most Exclusive Fraternity. They describe the history of private and public relationships among modern American presidents dating back to Harry Truman and Herbert Hoover.
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12年5月13日
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Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy, Co-Authors, "The Presidents Club" - Part 2
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Co-authors Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy discuss their newly released historical narrative The Presidents Club: Inside the Worlds Most Exclusive Fraternity. They describe the history of private and public relationships among modern American presidents dating back to Harry Truman and Herbert Hoover.
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12年5月13日
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Robert Caro, Author, "The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Passage of Power" - Part 1
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Pulitzer prize winning author and historian Robert Caro discusses his newly released biography of Lyndon Johnson entitled The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Passage of Power. This is his fourth book in the Johnson biographical series and Caro promises a fifth and final book in the future.
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12年5月6日
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Blaine Harden, Author, "Escape From Camp 14"
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Author Blaine Harden discusses his historical narrative, "Escape From Camp 14: One Mans Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West." Harden tells the story of a young man named Shin Dong-hyuk, who was born in captivity at prison camp 14, located in central North Korea. Shin escaped in 2005. Harden says that Shin is the only individual actually born in a labor camp to escape.
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12年4月29日
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Douglas Wissing, Author, "Funding the Enemy"
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Author Douglas Wissing discusses his latest narrative, "Funding the Enemy: How U.S. Taxpayers Bankroll the Taliban." Mr. Wissing states in his book that for a variety of reasons, much of the taxpayer money the United States spends in Afghanistan is being diverted and used for funding the Taliban.
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12年4月22日
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Katrina Lantos Swett
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Katrina Lantos Swett discusses her role as President and CEO of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice. Swett talks about her father, the late Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA) and his contributions as founder of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, now renamed the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. She tells the story of how her mother Annette and her father escaped German labor camps with assistance from Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenburg.
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12年4月15日
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United States Senate Youth Program
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High school students from the United States Senate Youth Program discuss their participation in a week long government and leadership education program in Washington, DC. 104 students were selected from 50 states and the District of Columbia. Delegates were given the opportunity to meet and ask questions of President Barack Obama, Chief Justice John Roberts, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Senator Susan Collins, and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, to name a few.
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12年4月8日
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Jerry Ensminger and Rachel Libert
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Rachel Libert is the producer and co-director of a documentary which features retired U.S. Marine Corps Master Sergeant Jerry Ensminger. The film chronicles Ensminger's efforts on behalf of Marines and their families exposed to toxic drinking water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
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12年4月1日
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Sonja Sohn, Founder and CEO, ReWired for Change
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Actor and activist Sonja Sohn discusses the creation and continuing operations of ReWired for Change. It is a non-profit organization in Baltimore, Maryland, which works to affect the lives of high risk youth and their families through mentoring, after school programs, and community involvement. Sohn explains how she created a program based upon the Home Box Office, Inc. television production called "The Wire."
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12年3月25日
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Walter E. Williams, Economics Professor, George Mason University
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Our guest is the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University, syndicated columnist and author Walter Williams. Williams discusses his libertarian views and tells the story of how he came to be a substitute host for the nationally syndicated Rush Limbaugh radio show.
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12年3月18日
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Tim Weiner, Author, "Enemies: A History of the FBI"
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Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and author Tim Weiner discusses his new historical narrative, "Enemies: A History of the FBI." The book details the FBI's 100 year hidden history of war against terrorists, spies, and ultimately any person or group deemed subversive. Weiner reveals details of secretly taped conversations FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had with Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon. He reviews lawful and unlawful strategies against their enemies.
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12年3月11日
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Robert Kagan, Author, "The World America Made"
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Author and Brookings Institution Fellow Robert Kagan discusses his latest book, "The World America Made." In the book, Kagan asserts that the international world order we live in today was created almost entirely by American power and influence after World War II.
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12年3月4日
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Neera Tanden, President, Center for American Progress
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We meet Neera Tanden, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for American Progress. Tanden details the mission and current goals of the Washington, D.C. based think tank. She states that the Center was founded in 2003 because there was no single progressive organization that focused on economic policy, domestic policy, and national security.
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12年2月26日
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Charles Evans, Jr. & Victor DeNoble, "Addiction Incorporated"
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Our guests are Charles Evans, Jr. and Victor DeNoble. Evans is the producer and director of a new documentary which features former Philip Morris research scientist Victor DeNoble. The film chronicles DeNobles unexpected discovery of an ingredient in tobacco which, the data revealed, when coupled with nicotine makes cigarettes more addictive.
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12年2月19日
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Josh Marshall, Publisher and Editor, TalkingPointsMemo.com
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This week on Q&A, we meet Josh Marshall, the publisher and editor of the Internet news web site TalkingPointsMemo.com. Marshall founded the site twelve years ago, after the controversy surrounding the 2000 Presidential election. He takes a look back at his work in building an online journalistic enterprise from one person to the current 28 full time employees he has today.
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12年2月12日
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Ray Mabus, Navy Secretary
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Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus discusses his military career, his political career, and his current role as the nations 75th Navy Secretary. Mabus describes the goals he has set for the Navy Department. He wants to make half of all the energy used by the Navy, including the Marines, originate from non-fossil fuel sources by 2020.
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12年2月5日
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Michael Hastings, Author, "The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan"
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Author and Rolling Stone contributing editor Michael Hastings discusses his new historical narrative, "The Operators." The book expands upon the June, 2010 article Hastings wrote for Rolling Stone which resulted in the firing of General Stanley McChrystal. Hastings tells the story of how he was granted access to General McChrystal and his closest staff and he recounts how he went about taking notes and recording the conversations he had with those individuals.
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12年1月29日
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Diana West, Syndicated Columnist, Universal Uclick
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Our guest is author and reporter Diana West, who discusses her weekly online column syndicated in over 100 newspapers nationwide. She writes about cultural and political issues from a self-described conservative viewpoint. She talks about some themes in her columns, including the spread of Islamic law throughout formerly non-Islamic areas of the western world and her opposition to the war in Afghanistan.
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12年1月22日
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Glenn Kessler, "The Fact Checker" Columnist, The Washington Post
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Our guest this week is author and reporter Glenn Kessler, "The Fact Checker" columnist for The Washington Post. He examines the statements of political figures and diplomats and, based upon his evaluation of the accuracy of the statements, awards as many as four "Pinocchios" to speakers who, in his opinion, misrepresent the facts.
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12年1月15日
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Ward Carroll, Editor, Military.com
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Our guest is Ward Carroll, editor of military.com. Military.com is a website which provides news, information and support to current and former service members and their families as well as non-military readers. The website has over ten million members.
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12年1月8日
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