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The Kurdish Quest for Statehood (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 22 April 2008)

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22 Apr 2008

The Kurdish Quest for Statehood (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 22 April 2008) 

There are 25 million Kurds throughout the world; they’re the world’s largest ethnic group without a nation. Quil Lawrence writes about the long Kurdish struggle for statehood and its place in Middle Eastern politics in Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq and the Middle East . Events : Quil Lawrence will be speaking and signing books Tuesday, April 22 at 2:30 pm Columbia University International Affairs Building, Room 1512 420 West 118th Street (at Morningside Drive) Quil Lawrence will be speaking and signing books Tuesday, April 22 at 5:30 pm Carnegie Council 170 East 64th Street (between 3rd and Lexington Avenues)

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[20:24]..." where this terrible massacre took place in 1988 it was inaugurated with Colin Powell in attendance and and said to be assembled at the -- would never happen again no one ever for forget -- yet. "...

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Speaking with Feith (The Brian Lehrer Show: Tuesday, 15 April 2008)

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15 Apr 2008

Speaking with Feith (The Brian Lehrer Show: Tuesday, 15 April 2008) 

Douglas Feith , undersecretary of defense for policy at the Pentagon and now the author of War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism (Harper, 2008), offers an insider's view on the run-up to the war in Iraq.

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[1:08]..." pass. It portrays rampant division and undermining from within the Bush Administration Colin Powell George Tenet Paul bremer Tommy franks. General Richard Myers Condoleezza Rice all take their hits and -- says the biggest mistake was "...

[14:36]..." are the document that secretary Rumsfeld sent to. Vice President Cheney and Colin Powell and to the president and got back from them and condi rice and and I'd I would count the meetings that they "...

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Elusive Arab-Israeli Peace (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 02 April 2008)

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2 Apr 2008

Elusive Arab-Israeli Peace (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 02 April 2008) 

Aaron David Miller has been working to broker Arab-Israeli peace as an advisor to U.S. presidents, secretaries of state, and national securities advisor. He tells us whether he thinks peace in the Middle East will ever be reached. He’s the author of The Much Too Promised Land: America's Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace .

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[1:37]..." Well better late than never worked for Colin Powell for two years and resigned from the farms stated in January 2003. Better late never that never but it seems to me "...

[4:22]..." been appointed special envoy to them at least now and you mentioned Colin Powell who was Anthony -- boss at the time. All left the administration dissolution because of it was this one of the factors. "...

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Bush’s War: The Past 5 Years (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 25 March 2008)

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25 Mar 2008

Bush’s War: The Past 5 Years (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 25 March 2008) 

On the 5th anniversary of the Iraq invasion, FRONTLINE has put together a new 2-part documentary special, "Bush’s War," chronicling the trials of the last few years …from the horrors of 9/11 to the recent troop surge. Michael Kirk is a veteran producer with FRONTLINE. Event : ”Bush’s War” will air on PBS Monday, March 24 from 9:00 pm to 11:30 p.m. and Tuesday, March 25 from 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm

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[27:45]..." way President Bush relates to people whether it's George Tenet Condoleezza Rice Colin Powell it's interesting that he connects to certain people but they're not always the ones that he listens to. "...

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March 21, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 21 March 2008)

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21 Mar 2008

March 21, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 21 March 2008) 

Show Summary: On the Media's Iraq War Anniversary Special

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[23:57]..." finally the war drumbeat and it's loud -- secretary of state Colin Powell's notorious briefing to the United Nations which found in an innocuous trailer telltale evidence of weapons of mass destruction. And much of "...

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March 21, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 21 March 2008)

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21 Mar 2008

March 21, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 21 March 2008) 

Show Summary: On the Media's Iraq War Anniversary Special

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[23:57]..." finally the war drumbeat and it's loud -- secretary of state Colin Powell's notorious briefing to the United Nations which found in an innocuous trailer telltale evidence of weapons of mass destruction. And much of "...

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Five Years Later (The Brian Lehrer Show: Wednesday, 19 March 2008)

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19 Mar 2008

Five Years Later (The Brian Lehrer Show: Wednesday, 19 March 2008) 

Robin Wright , diplomatic correspondent for the Washington Post and author of Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East , on McCain's Middle East gaffe and the anniversary of the Iraq war. And click here for a selection of Iraq war coverage from the Brian Lehrer show archives.

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[9:51]..." deadly -- Initial deployment that we didn't have enough forces that's what Colin Powell document and that's why in the 1991 gulf war. We -- so quickly and privately I think history will look back on "...

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War Made Easy (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 14 March 2008)

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14 Mar 2008

War Made Easy (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 14 March 2008) 

Columnist and media expert Norman Solomon claims that the US media have often acted as a propaganda arm of the Pentagon. A new documentary based on his book, War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death , begins March 14 at The Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street).

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[18:16]..." sight and out of the media frame. The the British press question Colin Powell's testimony for the way and that. Iraq had been trying to buy uranium from B share. It is to the American press look at what's going on in the rest of the world. The American press largely actually that Colin Powell's speech the United Nations in early February 2003 even the purportedly can't have worked. New York Times in its editorial the next "...

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Dissent from within the U.S. Government (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 31 January 2008)

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31 Jan 2008

Dissent from within the U.S. Government (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 31 January 2008) 

Ann Wright was a U.S. Army Colonel and diplomat before she resigned from her State Department post in protest of the invasion of Iraq. Her new book is Dissent: Voices of Conscience . Event : Colonel (Ret.) Ann Wright will be speaking and signing books Thursday, January 31 at 7 pm Bluestockings Books 172 Allen Street (between Stanton and Rivington Streets)

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[2:55]..." and ride out Mongolia I'll put up as -- secretary of state Colin Powell that's to make sure that the that that dissent is not squashed by the middle levels so I use that channel because "...

[3:59]..." what it would about in the -- child do you know that Colin Powell read your descent. "...

[4:13]..." war in Iraq. I did get a response back not signed by Colin Powell but signed by the office that that responds to the policy issues of dissent and that's policy and planning and division. And "...

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Israel and Palestine, 2001-2006: What Went Wrong (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 18 January 2008)

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18 Jan 2008

Israel and Palestine, 2001-2006: What Went Wrong (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 18 January 2008) 

The Israeli-Palestinian peace process has been majorly derailed in recent years. French journalist Charles Enderlin looks at what went wrong, from the failed Camp David negotiations, to the Israel-Lebanon conflict in 2006. His new book is The Lost Years .

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[23:35]..." talked about why the United States was against it but how to Colin Powell reacts to. Who is that it is against. "...

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