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9-11 Widow's Thoughts on Eve of Panel Report

NPR | By Madeleine Brand
Published July 21, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

NPR's Madeleine Brand speaks with Kristen Breitweiser, one of a core group of widows who lost a spouse in the September 11 attacks and later lobbied the federal government to create the 9-11 Commission. Breitweiser shares her thoughts on the day before the commission releases its report.

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Madeleine Brand
Madeleine Brand is the host of NPR’s newest and fastest-growing daily show, Day to Day. She conducts interviews with newsmakers (Iraqi politicians, US senators), entertainment figures (Bernardo Bertolluci, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Gervais), and the everyday people affected by the news (an autoworker laid off at GM, a mother whose son was killed in Iraq).