E-mail a friendApril 30, 2007
CREW exec director Melanie Sloan talks about the unused aid intended for Katrina victims. Washington Week host Gwen Ifill discusses increasing tension between the president and Congressional Republicans.
Melanie Sloan
Melanie Sloan
Melanie Sloan is Executive Director of the nonprofit organization, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). She previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in DC and as Minority Counsel for the House Judiciary Committee, specializing in criminal enforcement issues. As Counsel for the Crime Subcommittee, she drafted portions of the ‘94 Crime Bill, including the Violence Against Women Act. Sloan received her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Chicago.
Gwen Ifill
Gwen Ifill
Veteran journalist Gwen Ifill is the moderator and managing editor of PBS' Washington Week and senior correspondent on NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. She was previously an NBC News correspondent, reporting on political issues and national trends, and has covered national and local politics for several newspapers, including The New York Times and The Washington Post. A native of New York, Ifill serves on the boards of the Harvard Institute of Politics and the Committee to Protect Journalists.