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Can President Bush Bring Peace to a Scarred Holy Land?
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is leading a final push for Mid-East peace next week in Annapolis. There are already harsh critics, but she has invited 49 participants and President Bush will personally try and create momentum for his proposed two-state solution. Also, GOP conservative Huckabee rises in the presidential polls, and at the start of the holiday movie season, few films promise as much debate as an odd look at Bob Dylan. Jim Sterngold guest hosts.
By Jim Sterngold • • 1h 0m ListenSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice is leading a final push for Mid-East peace next week in Annapolis. There are already harsh critics, but she has invited 49 participants and President Bush will personally try and create momentum for his proposed two-state solution. Even with expectations low, can Bush achieve a goal that has eluded every president before him? Also, GOP conservative Huckabee rises in the presidential polls. On Reporter's Notebook, can a fragmented movie capture the spirit of a fragmented artist like Bob Dylan? Jim Sterngold guest hosts.
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With the Iowa Caucus just six weeks away, Mike Huckabee is suddenly rising in the polls and could be the surprise victor in the Republican campaign . A movement conservative who appeals to the religious right, can this little know former governor of Arkansas hold on and win the first nomination battle?
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The first President Bush had Madrid. President Clinton had Oslo. Now President George Bush has Annapolis , his crash program to try and negotiate a permanent peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.
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The biopic has become a Hollywood staple, particularly about popular musicians. There have been Oscar-winning films on Ray Charles and Johnny Cash , following a familiar formula of drug-induced decline and redemption. None of those personalities have been as willfully mercurial as the bard, Bob Dylan .
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