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Fourteen years ago, it was Pease Air Force base, now the Portsmouth Naval shipyard may be on the chopping block with the latest round of base closures seemingly inevitable. Many see this as devastating to the Seacoast but some believe closing the yard might in be the end an asset rather than a liability. Laura's guests are Liz Kenny, Reporter for the Portsmouth Herald. Ross Gittell, James R. Carter Professor and Professor of Management at the Whittemore School of Business & Economics at the University of New Hampshire. Captain William McDonough, Retired Naval Captain, Former Shipyard Captain at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard from 1974-1979, and Spokesman for the Seacoast Shipyard Association , a group hoping to protect the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard from closure and Peter Francese, Director of Demographic Forecasts for the New England Economic Partnership.

Twenty four hour news services, the internet, and increasingly busy lives are the latest challenges facing national and Granite state newspapers. We?ll talk with New Hampshire newsmen to learn what the printed press is doing to evolve and remain competitive and fiscally sound. Laura's guests are Mark Travis, Director of Readership and Circulation with the Concord Monitor. Charles Perkins, Vice-president of Editorial for the Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News. Randy Bennett, Vice-president of Readership for the Newspaper Association of America. Jody Reese, Publisher of The Hippopressin Manchester and John Harrigan, Publisher Emeritus of the Colebrook News and Sentinel and columnist for the Union Leader

"The creation of the United States of America is the central event of the last 400 years", says historian Walter McDougal. It's the story of 13 ragtag colonies, all with different religions, all with different ideals, all coming together with a common vision... to unite and create a land free of the English crown and left alone to worship, to do business and even to hustle they way they saw fit. Today on the Exchange, independence, the art of the hustle, and the story of the creation of America. Laura's guest is Walter McDougal, professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania and author of "Freedom Just Around the Corner: A New American History 1585-1828" it's the first of a trilogy of books about the history of the United States of America.

*This show originally aired on 7/5/04*

Kyoto, the highly debated international treaty that looks to combat global warming went into effect yesterday. We’ll look back at what the Kyoto protocol is about and how it is playing out politically, both in the U.S. and in the rest of the world. Laura will be joined by Stacy VanDeveer, professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire and Tseming Yang, professor at the Vermont Law School. We will also hear from James Glassman, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

Most of us recognize the names of famous presidents...Washington, Truman, Grant, Nixon. There were many other men who served their country in the highest office as well, but with perhaps a bit less celebrity or infamy...people like James Polk, Chester Alan Arthur or Rutherford B. Hayes. We're looking at the role these men played and also trying to get a better understanding of why some names live on and others are all but forgotten to history. Laura's guest is Ken Davis, author of several books, including "Don't Know Much about Presidents" and Andrew Moore, Assistant Professor of Modern U.S. History at St. Anselm College. Moore teaches a course in the American Presidency.