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Schedule date: Sunday, August 27, 2006 07:00 AM EDT 0:45 (est) -- Call-InOpen Phones C-SPAN, Washington Journal 07:45 AM EDT0:45 (est) Call-InMid-term ElectionsTom Matzzie , MoveOn.org 08:30 AM EDT0:05 (est) InterviewLouisiana 3rd Congressional District Midterm ElectionPatrick Courreges , Baton Rouge Advocate 08:35 AM EDT0:25 (est) Call-in Open Phones 09:00 AM EDT0:30 (est) Iran’s Nuclear Program C-SPAN, Washington JournalMichael Rubin , American Enterprise Institute 09:30 AM EDT0:30 (est) U.S. Policy Toward MuslimsAbdeslam E. M. Maghraoui , U.S. Institute of Peace 10:00 AM EDT0:30 (est) Roundtable Airline SecurityEdmund S. Hawley , Department of Homeland Security Del Wilber , Washington Post

Embattled television news network CBS is again at the center of controversy after snubbing a White House request to allow a Republican to appear with one of President George W. Bush's greatest adversaries, Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), on "Face the Nation" on Sunday. Kennedy was allowed to fire away at Bush on Social Security and Iraq without any rebuttal during his appearance on the Sunday morning talk show. Maintaining that Bush and the Republicans are making up a crisis with Social Security in order "to make a crisis on any political problem," Kennedy said there is not a funding issue...