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>> also at noon, defense secretary robert gates, the fencsecretary clinton, and othes will talk about the u.s. nuclear policies for the next 10 years. they have been working on a report for the past year. we will find out more today live on c-span at noon. also, beginning at 6:30 p.m. this evening, johnson, the author of "13 bankers" talks about it. after that, former treasury secretary henry paulson on his memoir. then, at a 30 p.m. georgian congressman john lewis on this book "race and reconciliation." -- that is at 8:30 p.m. >> we are in unique position to go to war. we need to de...

incarcerated for drug abuse and for illegal drugs. but in the meantime, you'll have the pharmacist who says, come to my place and i will fill your prescriptions for the oxycontin and any other medication that they can. how are you delineating what is a disease and what is criminal activity? it seems the selectivity when a young black kid is involved with drugs, that is a criminal problem. when a person such as the police command or the judge or the prosecutor comes in and it's a prescription filled for their xanax and furthers ala -- zoloft. i mean we are dispensing of these prescrip...

how to play. i was a music major in college, journalism, and then i played jazz professionally in kansas city for several years before i decided i was a better writer than i was a musician. and i've never questioned the decision to be a writer, but i still miss making music. i don't think you ever really get over that. >> 8 years old, the first time you heard louis armstrong. >> that would have been 1964, because it was on the ed sullivan show. . o >> i want to stay with louis armstrong for a moment. 650 real to reel tapes? how were they recorded and how are they?...

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booktv. join us again next weekend for 48 hours of programs about nonfiction books all weekend, every weekend. beginning saturday morning at 8 eastern here on c-span2. >> this week on "the communicators," a philosophical discussion about telecommunications policy with stuart benjamin, the distinguished scholar in residence at the federal communications commission. >> host: stuart benjamin, what is your job at the fcc? >> guest: so i am the inaugural distinguished scholar in residence which means i provide some legal advice. obviously, as a law professor, i'm working in particular wit...