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On Wednesday, the Democratic candidates for president gathered at Dartmouth College to debate the issues. The event was moderated by Tim Russert, NBC's Washington Bureau Chief and host of Meet the Press and aired live on New Hampshire Public Radio. We’ll see who said what, look at the issues that were raised and examine where the candidates go from here.

Guests

• Jen Donahue, Senior Advisor for Political Affairs at St. Anselm College Institute of Politics
• Dante Scala, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of New Hampshire, and author of the political blog

From 2002 to 2006, Richard Carmona served as our country’s 17th U.S. Surgeon General, educating Americans on the importance of preparing for natural and other disasters, the dangers of secondhand smoke, and the disparities in our country on diseases such as AIDS and diabetes. Today Richard Carmona is on a mission to raise public awareness of Chronic Disease, and he's in New Hampshire this week to get that issue on the presidential primary radar. We’ll talk about that – and, Carmona’s recent public statements – that as Surgeon General, he was often barred from speaking on controversial health issues like stem cell research and sex education.

Guest

• Richard Carmona, former U.S. Surgeon General

The Exchange takes a break today to bring you this special from America Abroad. World Bank Group has spent more than $400 billion addressing global development issues ranging from poverty to the environment. But lately, if the public has heard anything about the World Bank at all, it was from headlines over the controversy surrounding former president Paul Wolfowitz. Despite the recent surge of attention, how many of us really know what the World Bank does? This special looks at the role of the world's largest development institution and the challenges it faces in lifting the third world out of poverty, explores the origins of the World Bank, the lessons learned over the past 60 years, and how those lessons drive its mission today, talks to key decision-makers about the World Bank's role in Latin America after the debt crisis of the 1980s and visits World Bank projects in Tanzania and Laos to take a closer look at its work on the ground. More information about this special is available at the America Abroad website.

As host of NPR's comedy news quiz, Peter Sagal may be the only person in public radio who can ask Salman Rushdie about PEZ dispensers, or talk weightlifting with Madeline Albright. We'll talk with Peter Sagal about Wait Wait, including the show's upcoming visit to New Hampshire.

Guest

• Peter Sagal, host of NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

The freshman representative from the 2nd District has been speaking out on Iraq and joining Democratic calls for more troop withdrawals. We'll talk about that and other items on the Capitol Hill agenda that affect New Hampshire.

Guest

• Paul Hodes, Democratic U.S. Congressman representing New Hampshire's Second District