America’s Collision Course With The Debt Ceiling
As the nation counts down to default, Diane talks to longtime Congress watcher Norm Ornstein about the debt limit negotiations, what's at stake and whether he sees a way forward.
Lee Hamilton discusses his role as vice chairman of the commission investigating the September 11th terrorist attacks. He also talks about his new book about the workings of the U.S. Congress, where he spent 34 years serving as a representative from Indiana.
Guests
- Lee Hamilton President and director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University. Co-chairman of the Iraq Study Group. He was a congressman representing Indiana's Ninth District from 1965 to 1999.
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