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Midmorning
Midmorning
Archive for March 24 - 28, 2003
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Monday, March 24, 2003
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Global alliances and the war in Iraq
One casualty of the war in Iraq could be the system of global alliances that has governed the world since World War II. How possible will it be to mend fences with countries opposed to the war with Iraq?

Guests:
Michael Barnett, a Professor of political science and director of the International Relations Program at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Rebuilding Iraq
The Bush administration unveiled a blueprint for the reconstruction of Iraq, calling it the most massive rebuilding since the Marshall Plan after World War II. Where will the financing come from and which countries will be involved?

Guests:
Brian Atwood, dean of the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and a former administrator of the US Agency for International Development and coordinator of the Kosovo humanitarian relief effort in the Clinton administration. He was a member of a non-partisan task force, sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations, on the topic of rebuilding Iraq.

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Document Web Resource: Council on Foreign Relations
Document Web Resource: CFR Independent Task Force Report: Iraq: The Day After
Document Web Resource: Hubert H. Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs
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Tuesday, March 25, 2003
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Media coverage of the war in Iraq
The pictures of captured and dead American soldiers bring up the age-old debate of how far the media should go in reporting the stories of war. These images are part of the wall-to-wall coverage of the war in Iraq. Media consumers have an endless choice of outlets. How do you choose where you get your news?
Guests:
Marvin Kalb, a senior fellow at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University. Kalb was the Shorenstein Center's Founding Director. His journalism career encompasses 30 years of award-winning reporting for CBS and NBC News, as Chief Diplomatic Correspondent, Moscow Bureau Chief, and host of Meet the Press; Wally Dean, a senior associate with the Project for Excellence in Journalism who splits his time between NewsLab, the Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Committee of Concerned Journalists. He was a staff producer and news assignment manager at the Washington Bureau of CBS News for 14 years.

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Document Web Resource: Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University
Document Web Resource: Journalism.org
Document Web Resource: Newslab
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Ailing airline industry
The war in Iraq has hit an already depressed airline industry. In Minnesota Northwest airlines announced it's cutting 4,900 jobs and scaling back on flights. On the national scene U.S. Rep. James Oberstar has proposed a federal aid package to support the airlines.
Guests:
Josh Marks, chief of staff of The Aviation Institute at George Washington University

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Document Thousands lose jobs at Northwest Airlines
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Document Web Resource: The George Washington Aviation Institute
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Wednesday, March 26, 2003
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio The march to Baghdad
A look at the march to Baghdad by US troops and their allies and what turns the war could take over the next few days.

Guests:
James Carafano, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment in Washington D.C. He is also an adjunct professor at both the Naval War College and Georgetown University. He's retired from 24 years of service in the Army.

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Document Web Resource: Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Stereotyping of arabs in the media
A scholar who studies the image of Arab people in mass media discusses the stereotyping of Arabs.

Guests:
Jack Shaheen, a longtime professer and media critic. He is the author of several books including Arab and Muslim Stereotyping in American Popular Culture.

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Thursday, March 27, 2003
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Canada-U.S. tension over the war
President Bush may not go ahead with a scheduled state visit to Canada in part because of escalating tensions over the war with Iraq. While it supports the war on terrorism, the Canadian government has decided not to join the coalition attempting to disarm Saddam Hussein.

Guests:
Rex Brynen, political science professor at McGill University in Montreal, who has written extensively and consulted on Middle East issues.

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Document Web Resource: Rex Brynen's Web page
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Protests for peace
What can you do to stop a war that's already underway? Anti-war protests continue around the world. A look at the peace movement.
Guests:
Brigitte Nacos, professor of political science at Columbia University. She is the author of Terrorism and the Media. Jessica Sundin of the Anti-War Committee.

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Document Web Resource: Anti-War Committee
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Friday, March 28, 2003
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Gauging the will of the Iraqi people
Analysts within the Bush Administration and some outside government predicted before the war that Iraqis would welcome U.S.-led troops and fight against supporters of Saddam Hussein. That doesn't seem to be happening as widely as once believed.

Guests:
Sandra Mackey, journalist and author of many books on the Middle East and former visiting scholar in the Woodrow Wilson Department of Government and Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia. Her book, The Reckoning: Iraq and the Legacy of Saddam Hussein has just come out in paperback.

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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Deciphering military language
Every war has contributed new words and this one is no exception. And there are the military terms that we only hear at times like these. If you're having trouble understanding the difference between a battalion and a brigade, Midmorning's guest can help.

Guests:
Gregory Urwin, professor of history at Temple University who specializes in military history.

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Document Web Resource: U.S. Dept. of Defense acronym index
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