Videos

Professor Wedgwood talked about the legal elements of the closing hours before Saddam Hussein’s December 30 execution, the televised videotape of the execution, and the effects in Iraq. She …

The Ethiopian ambassador talked about the situation in Somalia where the transitional government reclaimed Mogadishu, and about the conflict between Islamic and Christian political parties. …

The guest talked about his new online site, “The Politico,” specializing in politics, in addition to a hard copy newspaper version of it in Washington, DC. He responded to telephone calls an…

Telephone lines were opened for comments on congressional oversight of the war in Iraq. Occasional live shots were shown of President Gerald Ford’s casket lying in state in the Capitol Rotun…

Mike Allen talked about former Senator John Edwards' announcement earlier in the day that he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in the next election. He also talked …

Senator Dole spoke to students in a distance learning class about Gerald Ford’s presidency, the political climate in Washington following the Watergate scandal and resignation of President N…

Senator Edwards talked about growing up in rural North Carolina, sports, family, his career as a trial lawyer, his early interest in politics and his successful run for the Senate in 1998.…

Mark Hemingway talked about defense contracts given to private contractors and his cover story in the Weekly Standard, “Warriors for Hire: Blackwater USA and the Rise of Private Military Con…

Conrad Crane talked about counterinsurgency training. He is the lead author of a new Army-Marine Corps counterinsurgency manual. He responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.

David Cynamon talked about detainees at Guantanamo Bay and the use of military commissions to try them as “unlawful enemy combatants.” Mr. Cynamon was at the U.S. military base in Guantanamo…

Telephone lines were opened for viewer comments about former President Gerald Ford who died December 26.

Telephone lines were open for comments on news of the day and reactions to the death of former President Ford.

Ms. Baker talked about the current military conflict between the Union of Islamic Courts and the Transitional Federal Government in Somalia. Topics included the diplomatic efforts by the Uni…

Ms. Gilfillan talked about “conflict diamonds” which are mined in war zones and sold, usually clandestinely, in order to finance an insurgent or invading army’s war efforts. She discussed th…

Larry Kaplow participated by telephone from Baghdad. He talked about the situation in Iraq and responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.

Mr. Lambro talked about the latest political issues in the news. He responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.

Telephone lines were opened for viewer comments on the question, “Is it time to consider universal health care?”

Mr. Hufbauer examined China’s five-year membership in the World Trade Organization. He talked about the obligations China accepted upon joining the WTO, saying they have not met those goals.…

The guest offered a retrospective on Donald Rumsfeld’s six years as Secretary of Defense. Video clips were shown. Rumsfeld left office on December 15. Topics included the war in Iraq and cri…

The guest talked about his book, Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them, published by The Free Press. He said there …