E-mail a friendDecember 6, 2006
Rep. Ellen Tauscher, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, reacts to today's release of the Iraq Study Group report. Crime novelist Joseph Wambaugh discusses his new novel, Hollywood Station.
Rep. Ellen Tauscher
Rep. Ellen Tauscher
Before her election to Congress in '96, California Rep. Ellen Tauscher worked in the private sector for 20 years, 14 of them on Wall Street. She was also an advocate on child care issues and founded the ChildCare Registry - the first national service to help parents verify child care workers' backgrounds. Tauscher is a member of the moderate Blue Dog Democrats and the New Democrat Coalition. Her fiscally responsible, bi-partisan, independent brand of leadership was coined "Tauscherism" by Time magazine.
Joseph Wambaugh
Joseph Wambaugh
Former detective Joseph Wambaugh is often cited as the father of the modern cop novel. His early works, The New Centurions and The Onion Field, were groundbreaking in their gritty portrayal of race, politics and drama within the LAPD and on the streets of L.A. He's won a number of awards, including the Rodolfo Walsh Prize for investigative journalism. In '04, he was named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. Wambaugh's new book, Hollywood Station, is his 17th novel.