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The joint U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement states that US combat troops would leave Iraq's cities and towns by the end of June, that all combat troops would leave the country by August 2010 and all forces would be gone by the end of 2011. But some say Iraqis aren't ready for a withdrawal of troops. We talk with Granite State analysts about moving our troops out of Iraq and the consequences of staying or leaving.

Guests

• Bill Martel, Associate Professor of International Security at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Diplomacy
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Tourism is our state’s second largest economic engine; it’s taken hits from the recession and the weather, but the sector has stayed resilient. We’ll look at the state of New Hampshire’s tourism sector and ask how much sunnier skies and a better economy would help it.

Guests

• Dennis Delay, economist and deputy director of the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies
• Alice DeSouza, director of the New Hampshire Office of Travel and Tourism

We'll also hear from

• Jayne O’Connor, president of the White Mountains Attractions Association
• Gregg Pitman, executive director of the New Hampshire Campground Owners Association
• Susan Leidy, Deputy Director of the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester
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Many cash-strapped states have made large cuts to special education. But parents are demanding their special needs children get equal educational opportunities, and a recent Supreme Court case in Oregon may be a victory for their side. We'll look at the state of special education in New Hampshire and in America.

Guests

• Cheryl M. Jorgensen, Assistant Research Professor and Project Director at the Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire; she works on state and federal education policy issues, and teaches in the special education program at UNH
• Kassandra Spanos Ardinger, president of the Concord School Board
• Kathleen Murphy, director of the Division of Instruction at the New Hampshire Department of Education

We'll also hear from

• Matt Bernard, a Civics and Economics teacher at Pembroke Academy; special education students are mainstreamed into his classes
• Kirsten Murphy, Executive Director of ARCH (Autism Resources for the Community and Home) and Administrative Director for the New Hampshire Council on Autism Spectrum Disorder

In July of 1969, gay men and women fought back against police raids at New York City’s Stonewall Inn, an event often called the birth of the gay rights movement. Four decades later, many activists say enormous progress has been made, but others feel full equality is still far away. We’ll see where the gay rights movement stands today.

Guests

• Dudley Clendinen, former national reporter and editorial writer for The New York Times and author of several books including Out for Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in America
• Irene Monroe, Baptist minister, coordinator of the African-American roundtable of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry (CLGS) at the Pacific School of Religion, and gay rights blogger at the Huffington Post

We'll also hear from

• Genny Beemyn, director of the Stonewall Center at UMass Amherst and a board member at the Transgender Law and Policy Institute