From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

Foreign policy and the presidential campaign.

Hello again, I'm Oran Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

The daily look at the issues, Americans care about most.

John McCain wants victory in Iraq. Barack Obama wants an end, not just to the war, but to what he calls

the mindset that started it in the first place. Obama wants to talk to America's enemies. McCain

calls that naive. On to the point, those and other stark differences may lead to a history-making

debate about America's

role in a changing world. Can the U.S. shape global events, or is America's superpower dominance

a dangerous illusion? We'll hear about military power, diplomacy, terrorism, and the challenges

of globalization. On reporter's notebook later on, beyond Mars, and crisis, do other nations have an obligation to intervene?

First, here's the news.

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whose contributors include the Ford Foundation and the John D. and Catherine

T. MacArthur Foundation. Hello again. I'm in Alney, back with To the Point. This year's

presidential campaign will be in part of debate on America's role in a changing world. On To

the Point, we'll hear the world views of advisors to McCain and Obama, and we'll debate

specific differences on Iraq, terrorism, and relations with other nations,

from Iran to China, Russia, and the European Union. On reporter's notebook as Myanmar continues to

refuse international disaster assistance, is it a crime against humanity? Should other nations invoke

the so-called responsibility to protect people from their own governments. First, his news

update in Beirut, Lebanon today, the forces of Hezbollah seized large areas of the capital city.

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