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ABC This Week preview for 7/16/06 (George Stephanopoulos)

Meme:
- Things are really bad now (pay attention, we're telling you what to think here), but remember just how good (we told you they were) under Clinton?
- We've been spending all this time and money on the War on Terror over there, but we should be spending the money here! (just look how well we managed the Big Dig!)
Topics:
- Brewing tensions in the Middle East
- The continuing terror threat and the U.S. response
Guests
- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
  - Biography of Dr. Condoleezza Rice (White House web site)
  - Rice Calls for Israeli Restraint (Voice of America - Jul 14, 2006)
  - Premier Saniora Urges for Ceasefire in Conversation with Rice (Naharnet, Lebanon - Jul 14, 2006)
  - UN Security Council in emergency meeting on Middle East (North Korea Times - Jul 14, 2006)
  - President Abbas threatened Condoleezza Rice to dissolve the PA, in Response to her Pressure on Behalf of Israel (Al-Jazeerah.info - Jul 12, 2006)
  - Rice calls Iranian response disappointing (Ottawa Recorder, Canada - Jul 12, 2006)
  - CONDOLEEZZA RICE: Discussing US-Pakistan Relations (noticias.info - Spain - Jul 11, 2006)
  - Rice condemns blasts; Putin dazed (Moneycontrol.com, India - Jul 12, 2006)
  - Rice to visit Asia this month (Xinhua, China - Jul 14, 2006)
  - US secretary of state to tour Vietnam for closer ties (People's Daily Online - Jul 14, 2006)
- Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright
  - Bio (State Department archive from Clinton administration listing)
  - Undiplomatic diplomacy (IsraPundit, Canada - Jul 14, 2006)
  - Appeasement - Iraq's Tangled Skein (RedState, VA - Jul 13, 2006)
  - Time for a Korea Change for Kim Jong-il (Human Events, DC - Jul 14, 2006)
- Former Governor Thomas Kean
  - 9/11 Commissioner co-chair
  - Bio (from 9/11 Commission web site)
  - The L Word (National Review Online, NY - Jul 12, 2006)
  - Both Sides Of Times Battle Seem Keen On Kean (CBS News - Jun 29, 2006)
  - If the Left Weren't Hypocritical (FrontPage magazine.com, CA - Jul 6, 2006)
  - Another View: Security through people (Statesman Journal, Oregon - Jun 29, 2006)
  - Iraq Linked to Terrorism? Who knew?! (WEBCommentary - Jun 17, 2006)
- Former Senator Lee Hamilton, 9/11 Commissioner
  - 9/11 Commissioner co-chair
  - Bio (from 9/11 Commission web site)
  - "Why Can't We Get Osama bin Laden?," Asks 9/11 Commission Vice Chair Lee Hamilton (DePauw University, Indiana - Jul 9, 2006)
  - What will it take to improve the dialogue of democracy? (Carroll County Comet, IN - Jul 12, 2006)
  - Indiana leads in ‘terror’ targets (Shelbyville News, IN - Jul 14, 2006)
  - Leading Bipartisan Group of Statesmen Agree: Cutting UN Funding Would Impede Much Needed Reforms (U.S. Newswire (press release), DC - Jun 23, 2006)
  - American security experts ask US to pay UN dues (Monsters and Critics.com, UK - Jun 23, 2006)
- Roundtable
  - Sam Donaldson
  - Cokie Roberts
  - George Will
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CBS Face The Nation preview for 7/16/06 (Bob Schieffer)

Meme:
- Things are really bad now (pay attention, we're telling you what to think here), Bush has messed up ALL of our relationships with our good friends and allies... like France and Russia...
- We've been spending all this time and money on the War on Terror over there, but we should be spending the money here! (just look how well we managed the Big Dig!)
Topics:
- Escalating Tensions In The Middle East
Guests
- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
  - Biography of Dr. Condoleezza Rice (White House web site)
  - Rice Calls for Israeli Restraint (Voice of America - Jul 14, 2006)
  - Premier Saniora Urges for Ceasefire in Conversation with Rice (Naharnet, Lebanon - Jul 14, 2006)
  - UN Security Council in emergency meeting on Middle East (North Korea Times - Jul 14, 2006)
  - President Abbas threatened Condoleezza Rice to dissolve the PA, in Response to her Pressure on Behalf of Israel (Al-Jazeerah.info - Jul 12, 2006)
  - Rice calls Iranian response disappointing (Ottawa Recorder, Canada - Jul 12, 2006)
  - CONDOLEEZZA RICE: Discussing US-Pakistan Relations (noticias.info - Spain - Jul 11, 2006)
  - Rice condemns blasts; Putin dazed (Moneycontrol.com, India - Jul 12, 2006)
  - Rice to visit Asia this month (Xinhua, China - Jul 14, 2006)
  - US secretary of state to tour Vietnam for closer ties (People's Daily Online - Jul 14, 2006)
- Richard Haass
  - Council on Foreign Relations President
  - Background (via CFR)
  - War Set To Intrude on the G8 Summit (New York Sun, NY - Jul 14, 2006)
  - Regional War Feared in Mideast (Council on Foreign Relations, New York - Jul 14, 2006)
  - The global threat: It isn't 'warming' (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Jul 9, 2006)
  - Bush Faces a World of Crises (Combined Jewish Philantropies, MA - Jul 7, 2006)
  - The challenge of unilateralism (Asia Times Online, Hong Kong - Jun 30, 2006)
  - Countries Split over Pyongyang Missile Tests (Council on Foreign Relations, New York - Jul 6, 2006)
  - Has a Familiar Ring (Wall Street Journal - Jun 12, 2006)
- Representative Jane Harman (Democrat -California)
  - Member select Intelligence Committee
  - House web site | Bio
  - Chris Matthews Covers Dem. Jane Harman's Rear End on Iraq (New York Observer, NY - Jul 11, 2006)
  - Bush Will Allow Court to Review NSA Wiretaps (New York Times - Jul 14, 2006)
  - A better way forward on security? (TPMCafe, NY - Jul 14, 2006)
  - This Week On America Abroad (TPMCafe, NY - Jul 14, 2006)
  - Jane Harman: Military Not Succeeding in Iraq (NewsMax.com, FL - Jun 11, 2006)
  - Harman's Republican-Like Security Focus Riles Fellow Democrats (Bloomberg - Jun 29, 2006)
  - Iraq Pre-War Intel Being Ignored, Says Top Republican (CNSNews.com, VA - Jul 12, 2006)
  - The Accused (New Republic, D.C. - Jul 12, 2006)
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