Friday, June 30, 2006

THIS WEEK ON THE SUNDAY CHAT SHOWS

ABC / This Week with George Stephanopoulos: U.S. Senators John McCain (R - AZ) and Dianne Feinstein (D - CA) are scheduled to appear. The roundtable will consist of Time magazine's Joe Klein, Cokie Roberts of ABC News, and former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson (R - TN).

CBS / Face The Nation with Bob Schieffer: U.S. Senators Arlen Specter (R - PA / Judiciary Committee Chairman) and Carl Levin (D - MI / Ranking Member, Armed Services Committee) will discuss Iraq and the New York Times publishing controversy. Also appearing will be Times Executive Editor Bill Keller.

CNN / Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer: The current showdown between Israel and the Palestenian Authority, the future of Hamas in power, the prospects for a Palestenian state will be discussed with Congressmen Peter King (R - NY) and Barney Frank (D - MA), Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres, and Chief Palestenian negotiator Saeb Erakat. Also on the schedule: NASA Administrator Michael D. Griffin will talk about the scheduled space shuttle mission, Musician/Author Tony Orlando, and Seymour Hersh of The New Yorker magazine.

FOX / Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace: NASA Administrator Griffin will be here, too. Also, U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R - SC) and Jack Reed (D - RI) will talk about this week's U.S. Supreme Court decision on military tribunals at Gitmo and the war on terror.

NBC / Meet the Press with Tim Russert: U.S. Senators Mitch McConnell (R - KY) and Chuck Schummer (D - NY / Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman) will talk about the upcoming midterm elections, Iraq, and the Supreme Court decision on military tribunals. Also, radio host and former Secretary of Education Bill Bennett, John Harwood, Washington Post National Security Correspondent Dana Priest, and William Safire of the New York Times will discuss freedom of the press.

Syndicated / The Chris Matthews Show: The questions being pondered will be: Will President Bush scale back his executive powers after losing the Supreme Court Guantanamo decision? And who is the next Bill Clinton? The roundtable considering these issues will be Norah O'Donnell of NBC News, Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune, syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker, and Dana Milbank of the Washington Post.

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