Rebuilding Iraq; Bank Robberies And Los Angeles
Rebuilding Iraq
Larry Mantle talks with Ambassador James Dobbins, Director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND corporation in Washington D.C. about nation building, most specifically the rebuilding of Iraq. Ambassador Dobbins was the Clinton Administration's special envoy for Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo, where he supervised post-war relief and reconstruction operations in all four places. More recently, his last State Department post was as President George W. Bush's special envoy for Afghanistan where he put together a successor regime to the Taliban and reopened the long closed American Embassy in Kabul. He is also the lead author of America's Role in Nation Building: From Germany to Iraq.
Bank Robberies And Los Angeles
Larry Mantle talks with 33-year veteran Special Agent of the F.B.I., William Rehder about his new book, Where The Money Is: True Tales from the Bank Robbery Capital of the World. Bank robberies in America have dramatically increased, especially in Los Angeles, the bank robbery capital of the world. In 1968 Rehder was assigned to the Bank Robbery squad in the Los Angeles Field Office of the F.B.I. and since 1981 served as the coordinator of all bank robbery operations in L.A. Rehder will discuss the lives and crimes of bank robbers in today's Los Angeles who are as colorful and exciting as the legends of long ago.