Diane’s farewell message
After 52 years at WAMU, Diane Rehm says goodbye.
Guest Host: Susan Page
Republican senator and presidential candidate John McCain claims most U.S. troops could be out of Iraq by 2013 and that Iraq will be a functioning democracy, if he’s elected president. Analysis of the candidate’s remarks and the ongoing debate between Congress and the White House in the run up to the November presidential election.
Guests
- Lt. Gen. William Odom (Ret.) U.S. Army-Ret., former director of the National Security Agency and senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Kenneth Pollack Director of research at the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution; author of "The Persian Puzzle: the Conflict between Iran and America;" former director for Persian Gulf Affairs and former director for Near East and South Asian Affairs at the National Security Council; former Iran-Iraq military analyst, Central Intelligence Agency
- Ben Pershing Congressional reporter for the Washington Post and author of "Capitol Briefing" at washingtonpost.com
- Susan Rice Senior foreign policy adviser to Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign
- Randy Scheunemann Senior foreign policy adviser to Senator John McCain's presidential campaign
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