SECRET MEETING IN THE SENATE; FEDERAL TAX REFORM; AN UNLIKELY WAR CORRESPONDENT
SECRET MEETING IN THE SENATE
Democrats forced the Republican-controlled Senate into an unusual closed session yesterday. Senate Minority leader Harry Reid is demanding an accounting of what went wrong with the intelligence that President Bush used to justify the war in Iraq. He accused Republican members of the Intelligence Committee, who were supposed to study this issue, of stonewalling. Republicans deny this, but the indictment of Lewis “Scooter” Libby, and accusations that pre-war assessments of Iraq’s WMDs may have been intentionally exaggerated have Democrats fuming. Larry talks to Gail Chaddock, Congressional Correspondent, for The Christian Science Monitor, Jim Manley, a spokesman for Senator Harry Reid, and Max Boot, conservative columnist for The Los Angeles Times.
FEDERAL TAX REFORM
Larry Mantle discusses the new tax proposals outlined by the President’s Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform. Guest is Elizabeth Garrett, Member of the President’s Advisory Panel On Federal Tax Reform.
AN UNLIKELY WAR CORRESPONDENT
London Times celebrity reporter Chris Ayres was happy pumping out articles on Britney Spears when his editors decided to send him on a camping trip in the Iraqi desert, courtesy of the 2nd Division, 11th Battalion of the US Marine Corps. Tapped to cover the invasion of Iraq, Ayres found himself completely out of his element as he fumbled with gas masks and flak jackets. Larry talks with Ayres about War Reporting for Cowards (Atlantic Monthly Press), his book about his experiences during the 2003 invasion.