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September 26, 2007

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Author Robert Draper discusses his new book, Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush. TransAfrica founder Randall Robinson talks about U.S. involvement in Haiti.


Robert Draper

Robert Draper

Robert Draper

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Robert Draper is national correspondent for GQ magazine and author of the new book, Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush. He previously worked as senior editor at Texas Monthly, where he began covering the then-governor. In preparation for writing his chronological narrative, he was given unprecedented journalistic access to the Bush White House, including six interviews with the president. Draper's work also includes a novel, Hadrian's Walls, and the biography, Rolling Stone Magazine.


 

Randall Robinson

Randall Robinson

Randall Robinson

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TransAfrica founder tells the story of Jean-Bertrand Aristide's kidnapping. (4:13)
 
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A lifelong activist, Randall Robinson is the founder of TransAfrica, established to promote constructive U.S. policies toward Africa and the Caribbean. He is called by some the godfather of the reparations movement and is author of several best sellers, including The Debt. His latest book, An Unbroken Agony, chronicles the ‘04 U.S.-backed coup that ousted Haiti's democratically-elected president Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Robinson is a graduate of Virginia Union University and Harvard Law School.