Connecting Americans to Our Leaders    FAQ's Call-In Series FAQs is a new Link TV national "town hall" call-in series. FAQs gives Americans a forum for discussing frequently asked questions on critical issues. On the first three programs, produced by InterAct, Iraq war veterans, enlistees, family members, and both policy and military experts talked with viewers nationwide about the soldiers view of Iraq, military families struggling with unexpected deployments, soldier protection, veterans' issues, and if the draft could be reinstated. The nightly 60-minute broadcasts were hosted by former NBC News reporter and longtime talk-radio host Peter Laufer, and simulcast on Pacifica Radio stations nationwide. Link TV has continued the FAQs series on a number of subjects. Guests included: Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Party Leader, House of Representatives; Robert Gard, Lt. General US Army (ret.); Paul Rieckhoff, Operation Truth; and Michelle Joyner, National Military Family Association. See more on FAQs About Military Manpower and the Draft at Link TV. YVote04 Link TV Youth Vote Election Series. Activists on webcams across the US joined callers , connecting to live guests in the TV studio: ROTC candidate John Anderson, 21, Durham, North Carolina, who enlisted to pay for college at UNC Chapel Hill. Working single mother Theresa Pardo, 29, Houston, Texas, who can't afford healthcare for her daughter. Hassan Amin, 23, San Jose, California - a college student who may be deported from the US for a faulty visa. Hosted by Nzinga Moore of Youth Radio. Special appearances by: Dave Matthews, Reese Witherspoon, Doug E. Fresh, Russell Simmons, and the Declare Yourself Poetry Slam. Interactive Elections 1998 & 2000 Minnesota Elections '98 InterAct co-produced an innovative debate among candidates for governor of Minnesota. Diners at Lucille's Kitchen Restaurant, a group of farm families in the town of Crookston, and community members in Duluth questioned candidates about welfare reform, education, crime and taxes. Video diaries framed the issues, and the evening ended with citizens' analyses of the candidates' performances (also see: Minnesota Interactive Dialogues). This program, broadcast live on KTCA-TV and Minnesota Public Radio, was the final televised debate before the election on November 3rd. It was co-produced with partners Twin Cities Public Television and the Minneapolis Star Tribune. KVIE-TV CapitolWeek 2000 InterAct worked with Sacramento public television station KVIE-TV on two model interactive California CapitolWeek citizens' discussion programs. The programs aired as specials throughout the state. They were designed to inform voters of key election issues. The programs allowed Californians to participate in televised political dialogue by connecting doctors and patients at a community clinic, and a teacher and parent at an elementary school, to state officials in the television studio.