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March 24 - 28, 2003
Monday, March 24
Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn
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Host Kitty Felde speaks with LA Mayor James Hahn about security and safety in Los Angeles.
Dr. Charlie Clements
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Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1997 for his work with Physicians for Human Rights and Vietnam War vet, Clements was recently in Iraq to access the populationÕs public health needs in wartime.
Representatives Chris Cox and Xavier Becerra
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President Bush is ready to ask Congress today for upwards of 70 billion dollars to pay for the opening phases of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Kitty talks to local Congressmen Republican Christopher Cox and Democrat Xavier Becerra about their reaction to the war bill.
Congressional Behavior During War Time
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In times of war, Congress frequently capitalizes on public and media distraction to pass legislation that would normally receive greater scrutiny. What is this Congress doing? And what has happened historically? Has any administration successfully juggled guns and butter during past wars? Kitty speaks with Capitol Hill reporter for Market News International, Jack Shaw, and Claremont Graduate University Professor of Politics and Policy, Dr. Jean Shrowdell.
Tuesday, March 25
The Search for Weapons of Mass Destruction
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Despite the US militaryÕs advance into Iraq, arsenals of weapons of mass destruction have yet to be identified. Host Kitty Felde speaks with Senior Research Fellow for Homeland Security and National Defense Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, The Heritage Foundation, Peter Brookes, and Director for International Organization and Non-Proliferation Program, Center for the Non-Proliferation Studies, Jean Du Preez.
A New World Order?
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As the European Union prepares to celebrate its 46th birthday Tuesday, it is forced to confront a difference of opinion within European Union countries over how to deal with Saddam Hussein. The differences have caused splits among the countries, and even propelled Belgium, Germany and France to hold a summit next month on how the three countries can advance European defense policy together (notably without England). Charles Kupchan, Senior fellow and director of Europe studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in D.C., joins Kitty to talk about the gravity of these differences on the structure of the EU and to discuss whether or not a new defense organization could prove to be a threat to NATO.
U.S. Media Coverage of the War in Iraq
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Media critics are having a field day with this second war in Iraq. Are embedded journalists an example of unprecedented access to the frontlines or a brilliant PR mechanism for the Pentagon? Kitty talks to two academics, Dean of UC BerkeleyÕs Graduate School of Journalism, Orville Schell, and Assistant Professor of Communications at Cal State Fullerton, Dr. Nancy Snow, with different points of view on U.S. media coverage of the war in Iraq.
Wednesday, March 26
Violating International Law?
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Does Òfalse surrenderÓ by Iraqi soldiers violate international law? Do broadcasts of American POWs violate their rights under the Geneva convention? And will either Iraq or the US be required to pay war reparations? Kitty talks about these issues and more with Terree Bowers, chief deputy for the city attorneyÕs office and former chief investigator for the prosecutorÕs office at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
Humanitarian Aid
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Doctors Without Borders is in northeast Baghdad working with Iraqis in al-Kindi General Hospital. Kitty talks with Nicolas de Torrente, Executive Director of Doctors Without Borders USA, about their progress delivering humanitarian aid in Baghdad.
FERC Update
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) says it has found widespread price manipulation and gouging in California power markets, and as a result, says that California will get an as-yet undetermined amount more than the nearly $2 billion in refunds recommended by a judge in December. KPCC reporter Rachel Myrow joins Kitty for an update on the latest developments in the story.
Saddam Hussein
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Kitty talks with Sandra Mackey about her latest biography of Saddam Hussein, The Reckoning: Iraq and the Legacy of Saddam Hussein (Norton)
Canadian Consul
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Consul General of Canada, Colin Robertson, joins Kitty to discuss CanadaÕs role in the war in Iraq, and what is being done to accommodate the exodus of Middle Eastern Muslims from the US.
Thursday, March 27
Patriotism Backlash
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Recently, when Natalie Maines, lead singer of the Dixie Chicks, declared that she was ashamed of President Bush being a fellow Texan, many country radio stations across the nation stopped playing the groupÕs music and former fans showed their disappointment by destroying their Dixie Chick CDs. Earlier, Senate majority leader Tom Daschle received an earful from Republicans when he too criticized President Bush, this time for failing at diplomacy. Is criticism of the war and the President not acceptable in these times? Can being open and honest be construed as unpatriotic? Kitty opens the phones to listeners to hear their thoughts on the topic.
Legal Aid Upheld
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Yesterday the Supreme Court ruled against the Washington Legal Foundation which had launched an attack on the funding program for legal aid, calling the system unconstitutional. The program funnels interest from trust funds held briefly by lawyers to legal aid programs like Bet Tzedek here in Los Angeles. Kitty gets reaction to the ruling from Bet TzedekÕs executive director, David Lash.
Mexico
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After taking a look to the north yesterday, host Kitty Felde takes a look at our neighbors to the south, Mexico. She speaks with NPR reporter Gerry Hadden in Mexico about the latest developments in border security and the ongoing war with terrorism.
US Troops under British Command
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US soldiers in the 15th expeditionary unit are operating under British command. Although this arrangement is unprecedented since combined allied operations during World War II, but as Professor Rip Smith from USC law school explains, it is not at all unusual under NATO.
Friday, March 28
Egypt
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Kitty talks with Time MagazineÕs Cairo Bureau Chief, Scott MacLeod, about tensions in the Egypt from the war in Iraq. Human rights organizations report beatings and torture by police against Egyptian activists protesting the war. Meanwhile, hundreds of Egyptians are lining up at the Iraqi embassy in Cairo suitcases in hand, ready to fight for the Iraqi people and their leader, Saddam Hussein.
Suze Orman
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Personal finance guru Suze Orman joins Kitty for a discussion of your financial concerns and fears, especially during wartime.
Suze Orman will be reading and signing from her new book, The Laws of Money, The Lessons of Life TONIGHT at Barnes and Noble on the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica at 7:30PM. For more information, call 310-451-3085.
The Role of Religion
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After missiles were dropped on Iraq, Muslim clerics in Egypt issued a fatwa against the Òinvading American forces.Ó What is the Muslim reaction to the war in the surrounding countries? Kitty Felde speaks with Santa Clara University Professor of Religious Studies Professor David Pinault. They will also discuss the struggle between Pan-Arab and Pan-Islamic forces in southern Iraq and the tension between the Sunnis and the secular Baathist party.
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