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Thursday      
March 18, 2004
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Medicare Reform Cost Confusion

Congress says Medicare reform would cost $400 billion over the next ten years, but Medicare’s chief actuary says $500 billion.

Iraq Security Questioned Following Two Attacks

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We look at the security situation in Baghdad and Basra following hotel blasts in both cities.

EU Security Meeting in Brussels

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European interior ministers meet in Brussels tomorrow to reassess security precautions; as a terrorist group says Japan, Italy, Britain and Australia may be next on the terrorist lists.

One Year in Iraq

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Richard Perle of the Defense Policy Board and Joseph Nye of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard discuss the war in Iraq.

Jim DeMint on Jobs

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South Carolina Republican Congressman Jim DeMint responds to Representative Barney Frank, who spoke earlier this week on our program about the need to create more public sector jobs.

Letters 03/18/04

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Listeners respond.

When the Music Stopped

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Professor Tom Cottle of Boston University talks about his new book about his mother, a concert pianist who gave up her career for motherhood.

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