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Next week, President Bush will give his much anticipated update on whether increased U.S. troop levels in Iraq have improved security there. We’ll look at the journey the President’s policy has taken since January…its impacts on the ground…and on the national political debate raging over whether to stay in Iraq.

Guests

• Bill Martel, Associate Professor of International Security Studies at the Tufts University Fletcher School of Diplomacy
• Wayne Lesperance, Associate Professor of Political Science at New England College
• Jeremy Pressman, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Connecticut and co-author of the book “Point of No Return: The Deadly Struggle for Middle East Peace”.

We'll Also Hear From

• Senator John Sununu, Republican U.S. Senator from Bedford
• Congressman Paul Hodes, Democratic Congressman from Concord, Representing New Hampshire's 2nd District.

New Hampshire's state symbols are legion, but there may be room for one more.

Tonight on the Front Porch, musician Ellis Paul stops by our studio with his guitar to play a few songs for us. The singer-songwriter was one of the performers who helped shape the Boston folk scene of the mid-1990s and he quickly rose to national popularity. Some say he bridges the gap between the modern folk sound and populist traditions of artists like Woody Guthrie. We'll talk with him about his work and the subtle differences he sees between being a singer-songwriter and a folk musician.

Ellis Paul will perform at the Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield, Maine, on September 14th.

He'll perform at the Tupelo Music Hall in Londonderry, New Hampshire, on September 21st.

Ellis will also join Kate McNally on NHPR's Folk Show on Sunday, September 16th.