Understanding Today’s Puzzling U.S. Economy
Inflation is high. The GDP has shrunk. But the job market has never been better. The Washington Post's Damian Paletta helps make sense of the U.S. economy today.
Guest Host: Susan Page
The Secretaries of State and Defense launch a high-profile diplomatic effort in the Middle East. In search of Gulf state cooperation on Iraq and against Iran, the Bush Administration is offering multi-billion dollar arms sales and renewed efforts on the Israeli-Arab peace process.
Guests
- Shibley Telhami Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, University of Maryland, and author of "The Stakes: America in the Middle East" (Westview Press)
- Suzanne Maloney Senior fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution; formerly, on the Policy Planning staff at U.S. Department of State (2005-2007)
- Emile El-Hokayem Research fellow, the Henry L. Stimson Center
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