Thomas Friedman discusses his book Longitudes and Attitudes at Politics and Prose in Washington, DC. The book is a collection of Mr. Friedman's New York Times columns and diary entries written since September 11th. Mr. Friedman talks about the nineteen September 11th hijackers and the United States' response to the attack. He also weighs in on the Bush administration, what to do about Saddam Hussein, and America's reliance on Middle East oil. A question and answer session follows the talk.

Thomas Friedman is currently a foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times. He is the author of The Lexus and the Olive Tree, From Beirut to Jerusalem, which won the National Book Award in 1989, and The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century. Mr. Friedman's work at The New York Times has earned him three Pulitzer Prizes, including one for his commentary writing in 2002.