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Friday, May 14, 1999

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Civilian
Casualties
Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney, USAF-Ret., who was Assistant Vice Chief
of Staff of the Air Force, and Lt. Gen. Robert Gard, USA-Ret.,
who was president of the National Defense University, discuss
the cost of hitting the wrong targets and whether civilian casualties
could be avoided in NATO's air campaign against Yugoslavia. 
An
Angry Voice
Correspondent Spencer Michels looks at how the Chinese language
press in the United States has dealt with the NATO bombing of
the Chinese embassy.
Quick
Draw
Congressional correspondent Kwame Holman reports on the latest
gun control debate in the U.S. Senate. 
Political
Wrap
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Wall Street Journal columnist
Paul Gigot offer end-of-week political analysis. 
Visiting
"Another Country"
David Gergen, editor-at-large of U.S. News and World Report,
talks with author Mary Pipher about her new book, Another Country:
Navigating the Emotional Terrain of our Elders.
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Wednesday, May 12, 1999

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Secretary
Rubin Resigns
Charles Payne, CEO and head analyst of Wall Street Strategies;
Daniel Tarullo, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations;
John Berry, economics reporter with the Washington Post; Allan
Meltzer, economist with Carnegie Mellon University and the American
Enterprise Institute, discuss the resignation of Treasury secretary
Robert Rubin and the nomination of Lawrence Summers as successor.
Kremlin
Shake-up
Dimitri Simes, a Russian native and president of the Nixon Center
for Peace and Freedom; Leon Aron, resident scholar at the American
Enterprise Institute; and Stephen Cohen, professor of Russian
studies at New York University, discuss the firing of Russian
Prime Minister Primakov and where it leaves Kosovo diplomacy.
A
Report from Yugoslavia
Steven Erlanger, who has been covering the war in Yugoslavia for
the New York Times, discusses the war from inside Kosovo.
John
Singer Sergent
Richard Rodriguez of the Pacific News Service considers the painting
of American painter, John Singer Sergent.
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Tuesday, May 11, 1999

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What
Next?
Donald McHenry, former U.N. Ambassador; Peter Galbraith, former
U.S. Ambassador to Croatia; Charles Kupchan, former National Security
Council Staff member in the Clinton administration; and, retired
Rear Admiral Eugene Carroll, offer an assessment of the Kosovo
campaign. 
Lessons
in Violence
Correspondent Lee Hochberg of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports
on the recovery of a Springfield, Oregon school -- a year after
the tragic school shooting incident.
Gunning
for Control
US Rep. Bill McCollum (R-FL), chairman of the House Subcommittee
on Crime, and US Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), author of legislation
that would ban all gun sales unless approved by the federal government,
discuss gun control measures.
A
China Connection?
Congressional correspondent Kwame Holman reports on today's House
campaign financing hearings and the alleged involvement of China
in the Clinton/Gore effort in the 1996 presidential race.
Remembering
Shel Silverstein
NewsHour contributor Robert Pinsky, Poet Laureate of the United
States, recites a poem by children's poet, Shel Silverstein.
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Monday, May 10, 1999

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The
Ambassador
China's ambassador to the United States, Li Zhaoxing, discusses
NATO's bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade and anti- US
protests in Beijing. 
What
Happened?
John Barry, national security correspondent for Newsweek magazine,
discusses how the Chinese embassy bombing mistake happened. 
Assessing
the Impact
James Woolsey, former CIA director for the Clinton administration;
Orville Schell, dean of the Journalism School at the University
of California at Berkeley; and Douglas Paal, president of the
Asia Pacific Policy Center, discuss the fallout from the embassy
bombing. 
Entertaining
or Dangerous?
Directors Rob Reiner and Allen Hughes, Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS),
and psychologist David Walsh, discuss the entertainment industry
and violence. 
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