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View the full archive of KCRW's To the Point A 'Credible' Afghanistan?; The Cost of Renewable Energy How clean are the "clean" fuels being subsidized by the Obama Administration? Also, Afghanistan and President Obama?s decision on whether to send more American troops. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Settlements, War Crimes and Middle East Peace In the Middle East, Hillary Clinton has walked into the familiar buzz-saw of Arab-Israeli politics, and Congress is about to condemn the UN's "Goldstone Report." What's happening to President Obama's "new start" with the Muslim world? Also, Afghan President Hamid Karzai takes office, and healthcare reform and "spiritual healing."  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Local Elections and National Politics Republicans took governorships from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey.  A Democrat took a congressional seat from Republicans in upstate New York.  Maine voters said "no" to same-sex marriage.  What messages?if any--do so-called "off-year elections" carry about national politics? Also, an Italian judge convicts 23 Americans in a renditions case, and Warren Buffett and America?s railroads. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Global Warming and National Security Nobody doubts that dealing with global warming will be expensive, so supporters of climate change legislation are raising questions of national security.  Is that a diversionary tactic or will climate change increase terrorism, force mass migration and destabilize entire regions? Also, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas threatens to retire. On Reporter's Notebook, we ask the man who ran Barak Obama's "perfect" campaign what happened on Tuesday. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stress in the Military Two of the biggest issues faced by soldiers and combat veterans are stress and mental health. At Walter Reed Hospital, doctors have enlisted psychiatric service dogs to help treat soldiers suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. What role does man's best friend play in healing? What can be done to catch signs of an impending breakdown before it's too late? Guest hostSara Terrygets an update on yesterday's shootings at Fort Hood, looks at the role stress might have played and learns a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website It Was 20 Years Ago Today: The Fall of the Berlin Wall There are huge celebrations in Berlin, as world leaders gather to mark an event that changed the face of the world. It was twenty years ago today that the Berlin Wall came down. Guest hostSara Terryasks whether the past two decades have lived up to the promise of that moment, and how the end of the Cold War era shaped the political and economic realities of today. Also, the Supreme Court considers life sentences for children, and why pro-choice activists are upset with the vote on healthcar ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Could the Fort Hood Shootings Have Been Prevented? Twelve American soldiers and one civilian were gunned down last Thursday at Fort Hood, Texas.  Were they victims of terrorism?  Could the incident have been prevented?  What does it mean for military diversity in a world plagued by cultural and religious confrontations? Also, North and South Korean ships exchange fire, and nuclear disarmament produces nuclear power. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Iran: Complications and Contradictions Political divisions inside Iran appear to be threatening a nuclear deal with the West, even though both Iranian factions may want it to happen. We ask, what are its chances?and what's liable to happen if it doesn't go through?  Also, paying tribute to America's veterans, and the ravages of PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The President's Trip to Asia: Substance and Symbols As President Obama visits Asia, the US is still in deep trouble while China is riding high. What does America want, and what can it provide in the newest world order? Also, the US ambassador to Afghanistan says hold that surge, and chimpanzees, human beings and the genetics of speech. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Trial for Terrorists in New York City Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed,the self-described mastermind of 9/11, will be tried in the federalcourt just blocks from where the World Trade Towers once stood in NewYork City. On Reporter's Notebook, former US diplomat Peter Galbraith reacts to claims he had a conflict of interest while helping to write Iraq's new constitution. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Afghanistan: War and Peace in the Graveyard of Empires Does al Qaeda in Afghanistan threaten US security? What about the Taliban? What will it take to establish a credible civilian government? Should the US send more troops or begin conducting a graceful withdrawal? We look at some of the questions facing the latest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Also, insurers suddenly push back against the healthcare reform bill, and football, concussions and memory-related disease.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Comes Out of the Closet President Obama wants to revoke "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," but Congress will have to repeal the ban on gays in the military. We hear about morale and civil rights in the military. Also, more troops for Afghanistan, and the Senate Finance Committee on healthcare reform. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The US and Russia: Iran and Nuclear Weapons Hillary Clinton's in Moscow to talk about Iran's nuclear program and renewing the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, not to mention Afghanistan. We hear about diplomacy and nuclear weapons.  Also, after taxpayer bailouts, Wall Street bonuses jump, and despite wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, military recruiting is setting historic records.   Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The President and The Big Easy President Obama touched down in New Orleans today, and the Big Easy seemed to be saying, "It's about time." We hear about reconstruction, flood protection, race and political partisanship. Also violence creates chaos in the the cultural hub of Pakistan, and women's rights in Saudi Arabia. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Barack Obama and the Military-Industrial Complex In deciding what to do in Afghanistan, President Obama faces more than the question of how many troops. It's the clout of the military in a society where the civilian government is supposed to be in charge. After all, it took a former general, President Dwight Eisenhower, to coin the term "military-industrial complex." Also, a run-off election for Afghanistan, and the boy who wasn't in the balloon after all. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Is It Time to Bust the Trusts Again? Big name economists, including Alan Greenspan, are saying it's time to break up financial institutions that are "too big to fail." Is it too late even to regulate the banks and brokerages that caused the financial meltdown?  Does a new agency for consumer finance protection have a chance? Also, a UN-backed commission says that Afghan President Hamid Karzai failed to win re-election, and both carrots and sticks to persuade Sudan to end Darfur's humanitarian crisis. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pakistan and the Taliban Pakistan's army is finally taking on the Taliban in South Waziristan. Will the much-delayed offensive help the US and NATO against the Taliban in Afghanistan? Is Pakistan more interested in its historic conflict with India? Also, President Karzai is forced into a run-off election in Afghanistan, and the Obama Administration and medical marijuana. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Afghanistan, US Troops and the Run-off Election The White House says President Obama may decide about troops for Afghanistan even before the run-off election on November 7. But a lot depends on security, how the voting's conducted and the outcome. We look at the prospects.  Also, Iran strikes a nuclear deal, and  violence in Rio as Brazil tries to raise funds for the 2016 Olympics. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Local Politics with National Impact With the last national election twelve months ago and the next one twelve months away, the political world is focused on state contests less than two weeks from now. What will races for Governor in New Jersey and Virginia mean for President Obama and Democrats in Congress? Will Maine change the momentum on same-sex marriage? Also, the 'Pay Czar' cuts executive pay, and Twitter and Facebook are what they are but, even in the age of the Internet, television still rules. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Negative Impact of Positive Thinking The key to achieving the American dream is often said to be Positive Thinking, but Barbara Ehrenreich?s new book argues that ?Positive Thinking has Undermined America.?  Was the current  financial collapse the result of self-delusion from the top to the bottom? Also, NATO supports a new strategy for Afghanistan, and the passenger jet that overshot its destination by more 100 miles. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website