***Live Vets Day Programming on CSPAN2's Book TV 12pm***

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12pm
Veterans Day Weekend Program on the Iraq War
Paul Rieckhoff, R. Alan King, Kim Olson, David Danelo

Four veterans of the Iraq War will talk about their service in Iraq, what it was like to return home, and the books they have written about their experiences. Participating in this LIVE discussion are: Lt. Paul Rieckhoff, author of "Chasing Ghosts: A Soldier's Fight for America from Baghdad to Washington"; Lt. Col. R. Alan King, author of "Twice Armed: An American Soldier's Battle for Hearts and Minds in Iraq"; Col. Kim Olson (Ret.), author of "Iraq and Back: Inside the War to Win the Peace"; and Capt. David Danelo, author of "Blood Stripes: The Grunt's View of the War in Iraq." You can join the discussion by calling in during the program or by e-mailing your questions to [e-mail] .

1:30pm
Veterans Day Weekend Program on Returning Home from War
Nathaniel Fick and Jonathan Shay

Nathaniel Fick and Dr. Jonathan Shay talk about their books and discuss what it is like for soldiers going to and returning home from war. Nathaniel Fick is the author of "One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer." Jonathan Shay's latest is "Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming."

Dr. Jonathan Shay has been a staff psychiatrist at the Dept. of Veteran's Affairs outpatient clinic in Boston, Massachusetts since 1987. Dr. Shay works with Vietnam Veterans who suffer from severe pyschological injuries. Between September 1, 2004 and August 31, 2005, he was Chair of Ethics, Leadership, and Personnel Policy in the Office of the US Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel. Nathaniel Fick is an MBA candidate at Harvard Business School. Mr. Fick was comissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps after graduating with high honors from Dartmouth College in 1999. He served in Afghanistan and Iraq.

2pm
Veterans Day Weekend Program on the War in Afghanistan
Steven Pressfield and Sean Naylor

A LIVE discussion about the history of war in Afghanistan and the conflict there since the U.S. invasion in 2002 with authors Steven Pressfield ("The Afghan Campaign") and Sean Naylor ("Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda"). You can participate in the discussion by calling in during the program or by e-mailing your questions to [e-mail] .

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2. vets and active duty callers... this is good

too bad ya'll are missing it.