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Wednesday

Analysis of Bush's Iraq Strategy

Robert Siegel discusses President Bush's speech outlining a strategy in the war in Iraq with Reuel Marc Gerecht, contributing editor for the Weekly Standard, Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, former Middle Eastern specialist for the Central Intelligence Agency from 1985 to 1994 and author of The Islamic Paradox: Shiite Clerics, Sunni Fundamentalists, and the Coming of Arab Democracy, and George Packer, staff writer at the New Yorker magazine and author of The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq.

Analysis of Bush's Iraq Strategy

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Slate's War Stories: Mulling Options for Iraq

President Bush says he will consider a number of military options for the Iraq war, including increasing the number of troops. Slate military affairs columnist Fred Kaplan and Alex Chadwick discuss what's militarily and politically feasible.

Slate's War Stories: Mulling Options for Iraq

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Tuesday

Slate's Politics: Why McCain Sticks with Bush

Alex Chadwick talks with Slate political correspondent John Dickerson about why Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has been willing to appear in public with President Bush at a time when other Republicans have been avoiding the president because of recent White House scandals and the public's declining support for the war in Iraq.

Slate's Politics: Why McCain Sticks with Bush

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Monday

National

Looking at Immigration, Guest-Worker Plans in Arizona

Lora Villasenor, a senior research analyst at ThinkAZ, a non-partisan public policy research institute, discusses immigration issues in Arizona. At ThinkAZ, she conducts research and polls on immigration within the state, with a specific focus on guest-worker programs.

Looking at Immigration, Guest-Worker Plans in Arizona

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Thursday

Opinion

Media

Slate's Press Box: 'Boomers' Losing Grip on Media

For decades, members of the baby boom generation have dominated much of the media. References to their favorite movies, TV shows and albums are sprinkled liberally through all forms of news coverage. But Slate media critic Jack Shafer has found signs that the media may be slipping from the boomers' grip.

Slate's Press Box: 'Boomers' Losing Grip on Media

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Opinion

Day to Day

Slate's Explainer: Laptops and Airport Security

Will your laptop slow your progress through airport security this holiday weekend? Slate senior editor Andy Bowers has an "explainer" on why laptops get special attention from security screeners.

Slate's Explainer: Laptops and Airport Security

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Monday

News Analysis

Murtha Changes Political Landscape of Iraq Debate

Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says the call last week by Rep.John Murtha (D-PA) for withdrawal of American troops from Iraq has changed the political landscape with regard to the war.

Murtha Changes Political Landscape of Iraq Debate

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Opinion

World

The Balkans, 10 Years After the Dayton Accords

Ten years ago, an agreement signed in a hotel ballroom in Dayton, Ohio, signaled the end to bloody civil war in Bosnia. Today, Muslims, Croats and Serbs still struggle to move from ceasefire to peace.

The Balkans, 10 Years After the Dayton Accords

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Author Interviews

'The Works' of New York City: Past and Present

New York has long been one of the most fully wrought of America's cities. A new book sheds light on how the Big Apple supports millions of people. From the number of the city's pay phones to how many buildings have their own zip code, The Works: Anatomy of a City has the answers.

'The Works' of New York City: Past and Present

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Saturday

Opinion

World

An Iraq Pullout, from Veterans' View

Host Debbie Elliott gets reactions to the debate over the Iraq war on Capitol Hill from two veterans: Paul Rieckhoff, executive director of Operation Truth, and Frank Adams, commander of a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Fallbrook, Calif. She asks them whether talk of a withdrawal is undermining troops' morale.

An Iraq Pullout, from Veterans' View

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The Poetry of an Indicted War Criminal

NPR's Scott Simon muses on the new poetry collection of deposed Serbian leader Radovan Karadzic. In 1995, the U.N. war crimes tribunal indicted Karadzic, a Bosnian Serb, for his role in a 1995 massacre in Srebrenica and the 1992 siege of Sarajevo. He remains in hiding.

The Poetry of an Indicted War Criminal

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Friday

National

Food Stamps Cut and Its Potential Effects

The House version of the budget bill contains language that would stop food stamps for potentially hundreds of thousands of people. We look at how the cuts would affect people who depend on them.

Food Stamps Cut and Its Potential Effects

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Motley Fool Profiles

Reporter David Vise: 'The Google Story'

Google's market capitalization is now worth more than The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Disney, Amazon.com, General Motors, and Ford combined. Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Vise guesses what's next in The Google Story.

Reporter David Vise: 'The Google Story'

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Thursday

Opinion

World

Exit Strategies for Iraq

The Republican-led Senate has called on President Bush to outline the administration's strategy for withdrawing troops from Iraq and provide members of Congress with more complete reports on the war.

Exit Strategies for Iraq

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