
Shows from 2002
Title: New Republican Congresswomen
Date: 12/27/02
Program Number:1141
Panelists: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-Washington,
DC); Angela McGlowan, FOX News Political Analyst;
Irene Natividad, Democratic Commentator; Karen
Czarnecki, Conservative Commentator.
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When the 108th Congress commences next month, there will be seven new women in the U.S. House of Representatives. Five of those women are Republicans- and we ask some of them what they hope to accomplish for women.
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A new report says Afghan women and girls continue to face oppression, even after the fall of the Taliban. We look at what the U.S. has done thus far to help Afghan women.
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The rate of Cesarean section births in America is at an all-time high, partially due to women opting out of traditional birth for convenience purposes.
Title: Depression
Date: 12/20/02
Program Number:1140
Panelists: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-Washington,
DC); Angela McGlowan, FOX News Political Analyst;
Irene Natividad, Democratic Commentator; Karen
Czarnecki, Conservative Commentator.
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Women and Depression: If you're depressed, you're not alone, even in this supposedly joyful time of year. Depression strikes women twice as often as men, but women can learn how to manage it.
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A study from a children's advocacy group found that the suffering economy is hitting families with young children the hardest.
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White House spokesman Ari Fleischer made a statement at a recent briefing that the National Council of Women's Organizations won't let the Administration forget. How is the Bush Administration approaching women's issues?
Title: New Zealand
Date: 12/13/02
Program Number:1139
Panelists: Maria Echaveste, Former Clinton
Deputy Chief of Staff; Nancy Pfotenhauer,
Independent Women's Forum; Del. Eleanor Holmes
Norton (D-Washington, DC); Kellyanne Conway, Republican
Pollster.
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What would it be like if women ran the country? New Zealanders don't need to imagine-their top three leaders are women. We take you to New Zealand, where the top women in government told us what it's like when women are in charge.
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Internet dating in the holidays.
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Prospective changes in family law.
Title: Kids in Danger
Date: 12/06/02
Program Number:1138
Panelists: Maria Echaveste, Former Clinton
Deputy Chief of Staff; Nancy Pfotenhauer,
Independent Women's Forum; Megan Beyer, Political
Commentator; Karen Czarnecki, Conservative Commentator.
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Children's products are constantly being recalled for safety issues, yet parents and childcare providers don't hear about the majority of recalls. How one woman is working to improve children's product safety after the death of her son.
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A new poll reports womens support of war against Iraq has declined.
- The fiftieth anniversary of the worlds first publicized sex-change operation.
Title: Thanksgiving Show
Date: 11/29/02
Program Number:1137
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Young Fathers: The importance of fathers becoming more involved in their childrens live.
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Single Moms: Mothers who choose to go it alone.
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Welfare Reform: How welfare impacts children.
Title: Business Ethics
Date: 11/22/02
Program Number:1136
Panelists: Rep. Jennifer Dunn (R-WA); Tara
Setmayer, Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education;
Karen Czarnecki, Conservative Commentator; Michelle
Singletary, Washington Post; Ruth Conniff, The
Progressive Magazine.
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Senior Republican Rep. Jennifer Dunn (R-WA) tells us about the hopes and goals of Republican women in the 108th Congress.
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Prescription Drugs: Both parties campaigned heavily on the issue of prescription drugs. What steps Congress must take to provide what the doctor ordered for senior citizens.
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Teaching budding CEOs business ethics: In the wake of recent corporate scandals, can business schools provide the answer for better boardroom behavior?
Title: Tenderloin Childcare
Date: 11/15/02
Program Number:1135
Panelists: Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA); Rep.
Hilda Solis (D-CA); Tara Setmayer, Coalition on
Urban Renewal and Education; Karen Czarnecki,
Conservative Commentator; Cheryl Polk, Child Psychologist.
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An interview with Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), poised to become the first woman to lead the Democratic Party in the U.S. House of Representatives.
- Many of America's neglected, abused, and homeless children aren't getting the services they need to succeed in elementary school and beyond. We show you how one San Francisco child care center is providing for these disadvantaged children.
- Never too late? Thanks to science, women well in their fifties can be new mothers-- and a new study says its perfectly safe to be pregnant post-menopause.
Title: Martha Burk
Date: 11/8/02
Program Number:1134
Panelists: Irene Natividad, Democratic
Commentator; Cissy Baker, Washington Bureau Chief,
Tribune Media; Karen DeWitt, Political Commentator;
Karen Czarnecki, Conservative Commentator
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To the Contrary's post-election coverage looks at how women fared in gubernatorial and Congressional races.
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The end of all-male private clubs? We talk with Martha Burk, head of the National Council of Womens Organizations,about her fight to open the private Augusta National Golf Club to women.
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A new study says good attitudes towards aging can add years to ones life.
Title: Native American Community and Tobacco
Date: 11/1/02
Program Number:1133
Panelists: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC);
Kellyanne Conway, Republican Pollster; Irene Natividad,
Democratic Commentator; Karen Czarnecki, Conservative
Commentator; Rae Snyder, Seneca Indian; Cindy
Lindquist-Mala, Dakotah Indian.
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ELECTION 2002: Will 2002 rival 1992 for "Year of the Woman" status? Our pre-election coverage looks at women running in gubernatorial and Congressional races.
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BEHIND THE HEADLINES: Ceremonial tobacco use has long been a part of Native-American culture, but some Native American women are fighting to put an end to recreational smoking in their communities.
Title: Phyllis Chesler
Date: 10/25/02
Program Number:1132
Panelists:Maria Echaveste, Former Clinton
Deputy Chief of Staff; Nancy Pfotenhauer, Independent
Womens Forum; Megan Beyer, Political Commentator;
Angela McGlowan, FOX News Political Analyst.
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Woman's Inhumanity to Woman: Controversial feminist writer Phyllis Chesler tells us why women are often cruel to each other in her new book.
- Women in banking, accounting and finance often earn far less than men - that from a new Fortune Magazine survey showing the pay gap is sometimes as much as 40%.
- Matrimonial lawyers drawing up prenuptial agreements report more and more older husbands-to-be are asking for "No Kids" clause.
Title: FDA/ Kim Gandy
Date: 10/18/02
Program Number:1131
Panelists:Maria Echaveste, Former Clinton
Deputy Chief of Staff; Phyllis Greenberger, Society
for the Advancement of Women's Health Research;
Nancy Pfotenhauer, Independent Womens Forum;
Megan Beyer, Political Commentator; Angela McGlowan,
FOX News Political Analyst.
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SNIPER SHOOTING SPREE: Washington DC area women react to the recent sniper killings and attacks.
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PRESIDENT HILLARY CLINTON? An overwhelming majority of the country says "no thanks" according to the latest poll.
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BEHIND THE HEADLINES: Womens groups are outraged over a possible Bush appointee to the Food and Drug Administrations Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee, who practices faith-based medicine.
Title: Catholics for a Free Choice
Date: 10/11/02
Program Number:1130
Panelists: Irene Natividad, Democratic
Commentator; Nancy Pfotenhauer, Independent Womens
Forum; Megan Beyer, Political Commentator; Angela
McGlowan, FOX News Political Analyst.
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A BOOST IN BREAST IMPLANTS: More and more women are opting for breast implants despite considerable health risks. A record 220,000 women had saline breast implants last year and the plastic surgery industry expects a ten percent expansion over that figure for this year.
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BEHIND THE HEADLINES: Women, the gentler gender? Well, even in these reputedly progressive days, women who oppose large organizations and express no fear in so doing are often labeled aggressive, a stereotype many believe is unfair. Frances Kisslings job is to take on and in her words neutralize the political power of the Catholic Church---a campaign she has been waging for the past quarter of a century.
Title: Public School Reform
Date: 10/4/02
Program Number:1129
Panelists: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC);
Margaret Spellings, Assistant to President Bush
for Domestic Policy; Nancy Pfotenhauer, Independent
Womens Forum; Megan Beyer, Political Commentator;
Angela McGlowan, FOX News Political Analyst; Lisa
Graham Keegan, CEO, Education Leaders Council.
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WOMEN FOR WAR: President Bush lobbies for war on Iraq, polls show no gender gap exists in public support for such a war. We discuss why more women are becoming hawkish.
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CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE: Fierce debate over the Administrations controversial move to cover fetuses under federally-funded health insurance.
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BEHIND THE HEADLINES: The public school system is mired in criticism, but there are some victories---the Houston school district is honored for quick improvement in student test scores.
Title: Sexual Addiction
Date: 9/27/02
Program Number:1128
Panelists: Irene Natividad, Political Commentator;
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, (D-DC), Genevieve
Wood, Family Research Council; Tara Setmayer,
Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education; Megan
Beyer, Political Commentator.
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Food addiction, drug addiction, even addiction to the Internet - all widely discussed issues. But what about sex addiction? Author Sue Silverman chronicles her personal experience with this little-discussed problem in her book, Lovesick.
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Women's groups are at odds with the Bush's Administration's push for more single-sex schools.
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US dating trends favor women: After years of outnumbering men, US census data shows that the demographics are changing.
Title: Women's Health Special
Date: 9/20/02
Program Number:1127
Panelists: Dr. Vivian Pinn, Director of
Research on Womens Health, National Institutes
of Health; Irene Natividad, Political Commentator;
Kellyanne Conway, Republican Pollster; Tara Setmayer,
Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education; Megan
Beyer, Political Commentator.
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Women's Health Special: Women make between 60 and 75% of health care decisions for themselves and their families - according to a number of studies. But those same studies also find women frequently neglect their own health. How women can better manage their own health care.
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Women's groups rally to push Senate's passing of welfare legislation, before welfare current law expires September 30th.
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The Miss World competition is being boycotted by a handful of countries due to its venue--Nigeria-where a woman will be stoned to death for having sex out of wedlock. This, while our own Miss America competition celebrates its 81st this week.
Title: Teen Peer Providers
Date: 9/13/02
Program Number:1126
Panelists: Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald
(D-CA); Karen Czarnecki, Conservative Commentator;
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, (D-Washington, DC);
Angela McGlowan, FOX News Political Commentator;
Dawn Tacker, Vista Community Clinic
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California takes a novel approach in its efforts to lower its teen pregnancy rate and make reproductive health services more accessible to teens.
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The Department of the Defense takes a closer look at domestic violence in the military after four soldiers' wives are killed at Fort Bragg, allegedly by their husbands.
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Many menopausal women are seeking alternatives to hormone replacement therapy, and companies are racing to provide them with substitutes.
Title: International Views of 9-11
Date: 9/6/02
Program Number:1125
Panelists: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton,
(D-DC); Karen Czarnecki, Conservative Commentator;
Kellyanne Conway, Republican Pollster; Irene Natividad,
Political Commentator.
Topics:
- How 9-11 changed the way women
abroad think of American women.
- Augusta National Golf Club has a lot of women
teed off. Though the debate about Augusta's
all-male member policy has been raging since
the Master's was played there in April, a new
salvo was fired this week by Augusta's head
Hootie Johnson.
- The largest study ever conducted with adolescents in the US says teens whose mothers clearly communicate their values about sex, are involved with their lives, and have a close relationship with them are less likely to start having sex.
Title: Labor Day Special
Date: 8/30/02
Program Number:1124
Panelists: Michelle Singletary, Karen Czarnecki,
Maria Echaveste, Cari Dominguez
Topics:
- Leave the kids at home: Female
candidates for public office gear up for the
September primaries... but most leave their
kids at home, while male candidates promote
them
- A brutal sentence: A Nigerian woman is sentenced to death by stoning for having sex out of wedlock. The sentence meted out under Sharia, a strict form of Islamic law, has American feminists up in arms.
- Behind the Headlines: We commemorate Labor Day in an interview with U.S. Labor Secretary-and longtime To the Contrary panelist-Elaine Chao. She tells us how the Bush Administration is helping working women.
Title: Shamed Wives
Date: 8/23/02
Program Number:1123
Panelists: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton,
Karen Czarnecki, Maria Echaveste, Cari Dominguez
Topics:
- Title IV Under Attack? Presidential Commission on Equal Opportunity in Athletics to begin hearings on the future of Title IX.
- Fluke or Cultural Shift?: In an unprecedented move for a major newspaper, the New York Times starts including announcements of same-sex commitments in its Sunday Styles section. Meanwhile a new report says that traditional bastion of the conservative good ol boy network --corporate America---is overwhelmingly gay-and-lesbian friendly.
- Shamed Wives: Philandering husbands are nothing new, but some women experience betrayal complicated by swarms of reporters and cameras rolling.
Title: Child Obesity
Date: 8/16/02
Program Number:1122
Panelists: Angela McGlowan, Ruth Conniff,
Melana Zyla Vickers, Irene Natividad
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- Protecting our Children: President Bush launches a war of a different color: against a recent wave of child murders and abductions.
- Women on Board: Norway's answer to corporate corruption: bring more women on board! The Norwegian government requires that 40% of corporate board directors be women.
- Child Obesity: An estimated 13 percent of children in the US are overweight, and heart disease and diabetes are striking early.
Title: Women and Violent Sports
Date: 8/9/02
Program Number:1121
Panelists: Ruth Conniff, Ann Stone, Tara
Setmayer, Irene Natividad
Topics:
- Year of the Woman Pt. II?? November's gubernatorial elections could produce a record number of woman governors. .
- It curbs your appetite, makes you tan and triggers your sexual appetite. A new drug called Melanotan, dubbed the Barbie drug.
- Women and Violent Sports: Jennifer Lawler, author of "Punch!" tells us why more women are participating in contact and violent sports.
Title:Virtual Child Pornography
Date: 8/2/02
Program Number:1120
Panelists: Karen DeWitt, Angela McGlowan,
Nancy Pfotenhauer, Irene Natividad
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- The Supreme Court recently struck down provisions of a federal law that would criminalize so-called "virtual child pornography." A look at this controversial move to protect our first amendment rights.
- Plays Well with Others? The traditional ticket to tenure in academia was based on teaching, research, and service to the institution. Today, many female professors are protesting the qualification of collegiality in tenure decision.
- Just Say No: Who needs a husband? is a question more older women are asking themselves, and responding with I dont.
Title:Not in Mama's Kitchen
Date: 7/26/02
Program Number:1119
Panelists: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC),
Karen DeWitt, Sherri Watson Hyde, Sherri White,
Angela McGlowan, Nancy Pfotenhauer
Topics:
- The market meltdown is forcing many would-be retirees to postpone plans and current retirees to go back to work.
- African-American women are fighting to put an end to smoking in their communities.
Title: Emergency Contraception
Date: 7/19/02
Program Number:1118
Panelists: Megan Beyer, Genevieve Wood,
Maria Echaveste, Angela McGlowan
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Title: Immigration
Date: 7/12/02
Program Number:1117
Panelists: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
(D-DC), Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), Genevieve
Wood, Angela McGlowan
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Title: Special Education Show
Date: 7/5/02
Program Number:1116
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Title: The Sanchez Sisters
Date: 6/28/02
Program Number:1115
Panelists: Nancy Pfotenhauer, Maria Echaveste, Irene Natividad, Kellyanne Conway
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Title: Welfare Reform and Kids
Date: 6/21/02
Program Number:1114
Panelists: Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Rep. Judy Biggert, Rep. Loretta Sanchez, Nancy Pfotenhauer
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Title: Young Fathers
Date: 6/14/02
Program Number:1113
Panelists: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Victoria Toensing, Cherylyn Harley
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Title: The Constitutional Rights of Women
Date: 6/7/02
Program Number:1112
Panelists: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Victoria Toensing,
Cherylyn Harley, Kim Gandy
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Title: Children's Health Insurance Program
Date: 5/31/02
Program Number:1111
Panelists: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Cari Dominguez, Nancy Pfotenhauer, Irene Natividad
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Title: Mean Girls
Date: 5/24/02
Program Number:1110
Panelists: Angela McGlowan, Megan Beyer, Nancy Pfotenhauer, Irene Natividad
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Title: Superintendents
Date: 5/17/02
Program Number:1109
Panelists: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Ruth Conniff, Karen Czarnecki, Angela McGlowan, Dr. Anne Bryant, Nina Rees
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Title: Single Moms By Choice
Date: 5/10/02
Program Number:1108
Panelists: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ruth Conniff, Karen Czarnecki, Maria Echaveste
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Title: Healthy Sexuality
Date: 5/3/02
Program Number:1107
Panelists: Maria Echaveste, Genevieve Wood, Lisa Simeone, Angela McGlowan
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Title: Family Support New York
Date: 4/26/02
Program Number:1106
Panelists: Rep. Louise Slaughter, Maria Echaveste, Cherylyn Harley, Karen Czarnecki
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Title: Cuba
Date: 4/19/02
Program Number:1105
Panelists: Rep. Hilda Solis,
Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Nancy Pfotenhauer
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Title: Minority Women Business Owners
Date: 4/12/02
Program Number:1104
Panelists: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton,
Genevieve Wood, Maria Echaveste, Jane Smith, Toni
Ford
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Title: Women World Leaders
Date: 4/5/02
Program Number:1103
Panelists: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton,
Irene Natividad, Victoria Toensing, Nancy Pfotenhauer
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Title: Women War Correspondents
Date: 3/29/02
Program Number:1102
Panelists: Victoria Toensing, Karen DeWitt,
Angela McGlowan, Ruth Conniff
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Title: LA's Best
Date: 3/22/02
Program Number:1101
Panelists: Karen Miller, Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald,
Irene Natividad, Rep. Connie Morella
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Title: Unsung Heroines Andrea Yates is found guilty of drowning her
5 children. Title: Gen X Women and the Sexual Revolution Title: Fatherless Women Title: Women Turning 50 Title: Nursing Shortage Title: Girls in the Van Title: Targeting Women in Campaign
Fundraising Title: Women's Sports and the LPGA Title: Men, Women,& Viagra Title: Winning Women Title: US Labor Department's Women's
Bureau
Date: 3/15/02
Program Number:1052
Panelists: Karen Miller, Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald,
Irene Natividad, Michelle Singletary
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Date: 3/08/02
Program Number:1051
Panelists: Kellyanne Conway, Del. Eleanor
Holmes Norton, Genevieve Wood, Maria Echaveste
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Date: 3/01/02
Program Number:1050
Panelists: Kellyanne Conway, Del. Eleanor
Holmes Norton, Nancy Pfotenhauer, Maria Echaveste
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Date: 2/22/02
Program Number:1049
Panelists: Cari Dominguez, Victoria Toensing,
Karen DeWitt, Maria Echaveste
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Date: 2/15/02
Program Number:1048
Panelists: Cari Dominguez, Karen Czarnecki,
Lisa Simeone, Maria Echaveste
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Date: 2/08/02
Program Number:1047
Panelists: Angela McGlowan, Karen Miller,
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Michelle Conlin
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Date: 2/01/02
Program Number:1046
Panelists: Angela McGlowan, Karen Miller,
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Irene Natividad
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Date: 1/25/02
Program Number:1045
Panelists: Victoria Toensing, Toni Ford,
Kim Gandy, Michelle Singletary
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Date: 1/18/02
Program Number:1044
Panelists: Victoria Toensing, Karen DeWitt,
Genevieve Wood, Michelle Singletary
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Date: 1/11/02
Program Number:1043
Panelists: Kellyanne Conway, Maria Echaveste,
Angela McGlowan, Irene Natividad
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Date: 1/04/02
Program Number:1042
Panelists: Cari Dominguez, Karen Miller,
Irene Natividad, Megan Beyer
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