May 28, 2004:
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Focus Rhode Island airs on WRNI 3-4p.m. every Friday, Saturday 6-7 p.m., and Sunday 8 - 9 p.m. Audio of the entire show is archived on the web two hours after the end of Friday's broadcast. The archived programs are streamed in the Real Audio Format.
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New Blue Cross President
We talk with acting Blue Cross and Blue Shield president James Purcell about their efforts to reconcile differences with health care providers and their opposition to proposed regulatory legislation.

Treatment of Detainees at Guantanamo
Former Rhode Island National Guard Brigadier General Rick Baccus oversaw military police operations at Guantanamo Bay. He discusses the treatment of detainees at Guantanomo and the separate roles of interrogators and military police.

Political Roundtable
Host Deborah Becker speaks with Maureen Moakley, chair of the political science department at the University of Rhode Island and Scott MacKay, political writer at The Providence Journal.

Two Vietnam POWs
We talk with author James Hirsch and the subjects of his new book Two Souls Indivisible. The book tells the story of Fred Cherry, a black pilot and Porter Halyburton, a white southern officer. They were placed together by the North Vietnamese believing their racial differences would help break the two men. Cherry and Halyburton say the friendship they developed saved their lives.

The Ruby Sunrise
WRNI's Bill Marx reviews the Trinity Repertory Company production of the world premier of The Ruby Sunrise by Rinne Groff.

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