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Aired: Monday, July 07, 2003
Liberians protest outside the U.S. Embassy pleading for American military intervention, July 3, 2003 (AP)
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President Bush will not set foot in Liberia during his trip to Africa. But his demand that Charles Taylor step down from an embattled presidency is being heard loudly. Does the U.S. have the appetite for securing peace in another nation? |
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Sebastian Junger, journalist and author of "The Perfect Storm" and "Fire." He returned from Monrovia, Liberia where he was on assignment for "Vanity Fair"
Dr. Chester A. Crocker, Professor of Strategic Studies at Georgetown, specializing in the field of conflict management and mediation, Asst. Secretary of State for African Affairs, 1981-1989
Janet Fleischman, Washington director for Africa, Human Rights Watch
Robert Morris, Assistant Minister for Public Affairs 1987-1990 under Samuel Doe and Assistant Director General for Liberian Broadcasting System from 1992-1996, currently Dir. of Communications at the Organization of Liberians in Minnesota. |
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Bush's African Agenda | Listen
The President begins his five nation tour of Africa tomorrow with a stop in Senegal, which has Africa's lowest HIV infection rate. He is there to highlight the continent's successes in fighting AIDS. Nicole Itano, reporting for "The Christian Science Monitor" looks at the rate of infections throughout African nations.
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