Moderator Gwen Ifill is joined by Washington Post's White House Correspondent, Peter Baker, who reports on the White House pre-election strategy to "cut and run," and "stay the course." Baker also reports on why President Bush seems to be getting a pushback from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki over the issue of benchmarks and timetables. mptv.org
Next, Gwen speaks with L.A. Times Political Correspondent Janet Hook, who explains how Independent voters may play a key role in giving Democrats the edge in the midterm elections. www.mptv.org/29Oct06HS.htm
Gwen Ifill reports the news to PBS viewers virtually every weeknight. She is the moderator and managing editor of Washington Week, for 36 years a Friday evening staple on PBS, and is also a senior correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer , the hono www.cpj.org/development/board.html
Gwen Ifill is moderator and managing editor of "Washington Week," the longest-running public affairs program on public television, and senior correspondent for "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer." She has also moderated national political debates, including t icommag.com/august-2000/august-2000-page-24.html
Gwen Ifill will receive the Leonard Zeidenberg Award. Ifill, the moderator and managing editor of PBS’s Washington Week in Review and senior correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer , has also worked as a congressional and political correspondent f www.imdb.com/name/nm0406991/
Gwen IfillGwen Ifill is moderator and managing editor of Washington Week, the longest running public affairs program on public television, and senior correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. For Washington Week, Ifill oversees a public televisio www.radioink.com/HeadlineEntry.asp?hid=132277&pt=archive