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Just fifteen years ago, it would have been unimaginable that the U.S. would be discussing security issues with Russia. But the world has changed, and this weekend Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is meeting with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov to discuss the campaign in Afghanistan and the Anti-Ballistic Missle Treaty. The ABM treaty was a tense issue between the two nations just a few months ago, as the U.S. threatened to pull out.

With a proposed solution to the ABM in the works and the two nations united in their opposition to terrorism, the U.S. and Russia appear closer than ever. This hour, we examine the new friendship between the two formerly bitter enemies. What does this new partnership mean for the world order?

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Americans in Times of Crisis Listen

America is a nation in crisis. But it is hardly the first time the country has faced adversity. In his Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Freedom From Fear," historian David Kennedy examines how the nation reacted to three great crises in its past: the Depression and World Wars I and II. Through all three of these crises, Kennedy says Americans not only endured -- they found a way to prevail.

This hour, the lessons in dealing with crisis that America can learn from its own history -- and insight into how the nation is dealing with the current war on terrorism.

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