Secret
Patches
The so-called black world of secret military projects comes to life
in the sometimes colorful patches or badges these secret units create
for themselves.
Congress
Back in Session Members of Congress are back from
a two-week break, but how much will-- or can -- they get done
to fix the economy, or address the foreclosure crisis, or deal
with Iraq? To find out, we speak with Gail Chaddock, congressional
correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor.
Iraq Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army
are standing strong as the Iraqi government calls off its offensive
in the key southern port town of Basra. What is next for Iraq
and for U.S. strategy? Our guests are Vali Nasr, professor of
International Affairs at Tufts University's Fletcher Schoo,
and General Barry McCaffrey, adjunct professor of International
Affairs at West Point.
Foreign
Workers Stay at Home The H-2B Visa Program allows a number
of temporary, non-agricultural workers into the United States
for seasonal work. Last year, Congress failed to pass an extension
to the visas for returning workers, leaving restaurants, ski-resorts,
landscaping companies and circuses scrambling for staff. We
speak with James Judkins, the owner and founder of Circus
Chimera in Hugo, Oklahoma. His circus did not open this
year.
Trucker's
Protest Many of the nation's half million
independent truckers are staging work slow-downs and stoppages
today to protest the rising price of diesel fuel which is up
about 45 percent from last year. We speak with two of the movement's
organizers, Dan Little, owner-operator of Little and Little
Trucking in Carrollton, Missour, and Shelia Walker, a lumber
trucker from southern Georgia.
