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Diane Abbott, who has been a Labour Party member of the House of Commons for 23 years, was the first black woman to be elected to Parliament. Since a new government took over earlier in 2010…

Matthew Parris spoke about British politics as well as his experiences as a columnist for the Times of London and writer for the Spectator magazine. While in his 20s, he was parliamentary se…

John F. Burns talked his life as a foreign and war correspondent, military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, politics of the United Kingdom, and the impact of planned cuts in Great Britain’s …

Stephanie Flanders talked about the economic situation in the United Kingdom. As economics editor at the BBC, she covered the recent announcements by Prime Minister David Cameron of cuts in …

Lord John Wakeham compared and contrasted the British parliamentary system with the U.S. government. Clips were shown from his 1988 interview with C-SPAN conducted just after the House of Co…

Richard Holbrooke talked about his new book, To End a War, published by Random House. In the book Mr. Holbrook looked at the complicated process of securing the Dayton Peace Accords from the…

Bethany McLean, author of All the Devils are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis, talked about the economy, the impact of the Enron scandal, and the economic recession. She also…

The Reckoning, published by W.W. Norton and Company, is an account of the historical, religious, ethnic, and political forces that produced Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship. Forged after World …

Derek Leebaert spoke about his book, Magic and Mayhem: The Delusions of American Foreign Policy from Korea to Afghanistan, as well as American foreign policy and the leaders who shaped it. H…

Historians Richard Norton Smith and Douglas Brinkley talked about the upcoming 2010 midterm elections, the Obama presidency, and politics in the U.S. They compared the 2010 election with oth…

Jeanne Simon talked about her book Codename: Scarlett: Life on the Campaign Trail by the Wife of a Presidential Candidate, published by Continuum International Publishing. In her book, t…

Charles Johnson and William McKay, former parliamentarians for the U.S. House of Representatives and the British House of Commons respectively, talked about the book they co-wrote, Parliamen…

David Remnick discussed the research behind his book, Lenin’s Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire, published by Random House. In the book, Mr. Remnick explores the mood and politica…

Associate Justice Breyer was interviewed about the U.S. Supreme Court and about his new book Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution, published by Knopf. He spoke about lif…

Mr. Williams discussed his biography, Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary, published by Times Books. He described the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall as an architect …

Winston S. Churchill talked about the book, The Great Republic: A History of America, published by Random House, which he edited using the writings of his grandfather, Sir Winston Churchill.…

Kenneth Ackerman talked about his book, Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield, published by Carroll and Graff. The book examines: Presiden…

Washington Post cars columnist Warren Brown has covered the auto industry for the Post since 1982. His weekly column is called “On Wheels,” and he hosts a live weekly web discussion on Washi…

Chief Justice John Roberts talked about the U.S. Constitution at the Supreme Court. He talked about his early interest in constitutional law, the role of the constitution in the operation of…

“Washington Journal” was telecast from Signers' Hall in the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Signers' Hall features life-size bronze statues of 42 men: the 39 dele…