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45 Episodes 2005 - 2005
Episode 1
Sun, Jan 9, 2005 60 mins
Senate majority leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) on the Iraq war and tsunami relief. Also: a panel discussion featuring journalists Al Hunt (Bloomberg News), Katty Kay (BBC), Andrea Mitchell (NBC) and Byron York (National Review).
Episode 2
Sun, Jan 16, 2005 60 mins
Counselor to the President Dan Bartlett and Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), a former Clinton aide, on President Bush's second-term agenda. Also: a panel discussion of past inaugurations and presidents in their second terms, featuring historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and Newsweek's Jon Meacham.
Episode 3
Sun, Jan 23, 2005 60 mins
Rep. Bill Thomas (R-Cal.), chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, on Social Security; John Negroponte, U.S. ambassador to Iraq, on the scheduled Jan. 30 elections. Also: Stephen Hayes (Weekly Standard) and Robin Wright (Washington Post) on the Iraqi elections and U.S. foreign policy in the second Bush term.
Episode 4
Sun, Jan 30, 2005 60 mins
Sen. John Kerry assesses the Iraq war and President Bush's second-term agenda, and discusses his own political future.
Episode 5
Sun, Feb 6, 2005 60 mins
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld discusses Iraq-related issues; Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) also talks about Iraq, along with Social Security and the state of the Democratic Party.
Episode 6
Sun, Feb 13, 2005 60 mins
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) discuss Social Security, taxes and the Bush budget. Also: Israeli cabinet minister Natan Sharansky discusses U.S. foreign policy with commentator Pat Buchanan.
Episode 7
Sun, Feb 20, 2005 60 mins
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Iraq. Also: a panel discussion of Iraq, terrorism and the Negroponte nomination as intelligence czar, featuring journalists Katty Kay (BBC), Andrea Mitchell (NBC), and Dana Priest and Robin Wright (Washington Post).
Episode 8
Sun, Feb 27, 2005 60 mins
Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) and Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) discuss Iraq and Social Security. Also: a panel discussion featuring New York Times op-ed columnists Maureen Dowd and Thomas Friedman, and former op-ed columnist William Safire.
Episode 9
Sun, Mar 6, 2005 60 mins
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), their parties' Senate whips, discuss Iraq and Social Security. Also: a panel discussion featuring Joe Klein (Time), Mike Allen (Washington Post), Paul Krugman (New York Times) and Kate O'Beirne (National Review).
Episode 10
Sun, Mar 13, 2005 60 mins
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Also: Reps. Tom Davis (R-Va.) and Henry Waxman (D-Cal.) on steroids in baseball; Sens. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and Lincoln Chafee (R-R.I.) on Social Security.
Episode 11
Sun, Mar 20, 2005 60 mins
Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discusses the Iraq war. Also: a panel discussion featuring journalists Gwen Ifill (PBS), Ron Brownstein (Los Angeles Times), John Harwood (Wall Street Journal) and David Broder (Washington Post).
Episode 12
Sun, Mar 27, 2005 60 mins
Exploring faith in the U.S. as it relates to politics and foreign affairs. Guests include Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.); Rev. Robert Drinan, a former congressman; author Reza Aslan ("No God but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam"); Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention; Rev. Jim Wallis, editor of Sojourners Magazine; and Newsweek managing editor Jon Meacham.
Episode 13
Sun, Apr 3, 2005 60 mins
The WMD Commission report is discussed by its co-chairs, Laurence Silberman and Charles Robb. Also: a report on Pope John Paul II.
Episode 14
Sun, Apr 10, 2005 60 mins
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Committee Vice-Chair Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) on the recent WMD report; Bob Dole on his memoir "One Soldier's Story."
Episode 15
Sun, Apr 17, 2005 60 mins
The Tom DeLay controversy is assessed by Reps. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.). Also: Dexter Filkins, from the New York Times, and Jim Miklaszewski, from NBC News, discuss Iraq.
Episode 16
Mon, Apr 25, 2005 60 mins
The papacy of Benedict XVI and the future of the Catholic Church are assessed by Revs. Thomas Bohlin and Joseph Fessio; Sister Mary Aquin O'Neill; journalists Joseph Bottum (Weekly Standard), Jon Meacham (Newsweek) and E.J. Dionne (Washington Post); and author Thomas Cahill ("Desire of Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus").
Episode 17
Sun, May 1, 2005 60 mins
White House chief of staff Andrew Card. Also: Sens. George Allen (R-Va.) and Christopher Dodd (R-Conn.) discuss Social Security, the Bolton UN nomination and the Senate standoff on judicial nominations.
Episode 18
Sun, May 8, 2005 60 mins
Ex-CIA Officer Gary Schroen on the search for Osama bin Laden. Also: dueling political strategists James Carville and Mary Matalin on Social Security, judicial nominations, the DeLay controversy and the Bolton UN nomination.
Episode 19
Sun, May 15, 2005 60 mins
Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif. Also: a political roundtable featuring journalists David Broder and Eugene Robinson (Washington Post), Paul Gigot (Wall Street Journal) and Katty Kay (BBC).
Episode 20
Sun, May 22, 2005 60 mins
Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean.
Episode 21
Sun, May 29, 2005 60 mins
Nuclear terrorism is discussed by Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.); 9/11 Commission chair Thomas Kean and vice-chair Lee Hamilton; and former senators Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) and Sam Nunn (D-Ga.).
Episode 22
Sun, Jun 5, 2005 60 mins
Republican National Committee chair Ken Mehlman.
Episode 23
Sun, Jun 12, 2005 60 mins
Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) and Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) discuss Iraq, Iran and the war on terrorism. Also: a panel discussion featuring journalists David Broder (Washington Post), John Harwood (Wall Street Journal), Gwen Ifill (PBS) and Judy Woodruff (formerly of CNN).
Episode 24
Sun, Jun 19, 2005 60 mins
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
Episode 25
Sun, Jun 26, 2005 60 mins
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on the Iraq War; Bono on poverty in Africa.
Episode 26
Sun, Jul 3, 2005 60 mins
Senate Judiciary Committee chair Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) discuss the Supreme Court vacancy.
Episode 27
Sun, Jul 10, 2005 60 mins
Domestic security is discussed by Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, former Coast Guard commander Stephen Flynn and retired Navy admiral James Loy; Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on the Supreme Court vacancy.
Episode 28
Sun, Jul 17, 2005 60 mins
Time reporter Matthew Cooper, RNC chair Ken Mehlman and John Podesta, former Clinton chief of staff, on the CIA leak and investigation; Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein on Mark Felt's revelation that he was Watergate's "Deep Throat."
Episode 29
Sun, Jul 24, 2005 60 mins
The Roberts nomination for the Supreme Court is discussed by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee; and Fred Thompson, adviser to the nominee and former senator from Tenn. Also: a panel discussion featuring David Gregory (NBC News), William Safire (New York Times), Stuart Taylor (National Journal) and Nina Totenberg (NPR).
Episode 30
Sun, Jul 31, 2005 60 mins
Space-shuttle crew members Eileen Collins, Charles Camarda and James Kelly; NASA administrator Michael Griffin. Also: a political roundtable discussion featuring journalists David Broder (Washington Post), John Harwood (Wall Street Journal), Kate O'Beirne (National Review) and Eugene Robinson (Washington Post).
Episode 31
Sun, Aug 7, 2005 60 mins
The role of religion in the Roberts confirmation process is discussed by former New York governor Mario Cuomo (D) and law professor Douglas Kmiec, former dean of the Catholic University law school. Also: Institute of Medicine president Harvey Fineberg and author David Kirby ("Evidence of Harm: Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic") on autism; Martin Luther King Jr. on the 1965 Voting Rights Act (taped Aug. 21, 1966).
Episode 32
Sun, Aug 14, 2005 60 mins
Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, discuss developments in Iraq. Also: a political roundtable featuring journalists E.J. Dionne (Washington Post) and Byron York (National Review).
Episode 33
Sun, Aug 21, 2005 60 mins
The Iraq war is discussed with Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.); Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.); Stanford political scientist Larry Diamond; and Dan Senor, former spokesman for Paul Bremer, head of the U.S. Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq.
Episode 34
Sun, Aug 28, 2005 60 mins
Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, is interviewed. Also: a panel discussion of the Iraq war featuring retired U.S. generals Wesley Clark, Wayne Downing, Barry McCaffrey and Montgomery Meigs.
Episode 35
Sun, Sep 4, 2005 60 mins
Episode 36
Sun, Sep 18, 2005 60 mins
Former President Clinton talks about his Clinton Global Initiative summit on poverty, religious strife, global warming and other issues. Also: Vice Adm. Thad Allen (USCG) on the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts; a panel discussion featuring journalists Gwen Ifill, Eugene Robinson, Judy Woodruff and Byron York.
Episode 37
Sun, Sep 25, 2005 60 mins
Hurricane recovery efforts are assessed. Also: a political roundtable discussion featuring New York Times columnists David Brooks, Maureen Dowd and Thomas Friedman.
Episode 38
Sun, Oct 2, 2005 60 mins
Gen. John Abizaid, the CENTCOM commander, on the Iraq war; Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair, and Rep. Tom Reynolds (R-N.Y.), the Republican National Congressional Committee chair, on the DeLay indictment. Also: a roundtable discussion with journalists Dan Balz (Washington Post) and John Harwood (Wall Street Journal).
Episode 39
Sun, Oct 9, 2005 60 mins
The Harriet Miers Supreme Court nomination is discussed by commentator Pat Buchanan and Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention. Also: a journalists' roundtable featuring David Broder and E.J. Dionne(Washington Post); Ron Brownstein (Los Angeles Times); Kate O'Beirne (National Review).
Episode 40
Sun, Oct 16, 2005 60 mins
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) on the Iraq War; former FBI director Louis Freeh on his book "My FBI."
Episode 41
Sun, Oct 23, 2005 60 mins
The Miers nomination is discussed by Sens. George Allen (R-Va.), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.). Also: a panel discussion featuring Stephen Hayes (Weekly Standard), George Packer (New Yorker) and Frank Rich (New York Times).
Episode 42
Sun, Dec 4, 2005 60 mins
Included: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Iraq; 9/11 Commission chair Thomas Kean and vice-chair Lee Hamilton discuss homeland security.
Episode 43
Sun, Dec 11, 2005 60 mins
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) discuss the Iraqi elections and their impact on the country's future. Panel-segment guests include Mike Allen (Time Magazine), E.J. Dionne (The Washington Post) and David Brooks (The New York Times).
Episode 44
Sun, Dec 18, 2005 60 mins
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) discuss what a new Iraqi government means for the people of Iraq and for the American troops in the region. Panel-segment guests include Gwen Ifill (PBS) and John Harwood (The Wall Street Journal).
Episode 45
Sun, Dec 25, 2005 60 mins
Tom Brokaw and Ted Koppel discuss politics, the press and major news stories from 2005. Also: footage of poet Robert Frost from Christmas Day 1955; and traditional holiday music performed by the United States Navy Band Brass Quintet.