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To the Point

Israel Strikes Syria, Will the US Be Next?

To the Point

KCRW

News

4.4583 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2013

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Israeli airstrikes have hit military targets near Damascus, allegedly to prevent weapons from being shipped to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Why now? Will Obama intervene?

Transcript

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0:00.0

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

0:08.1

Israel strikes Syria. Will the U.S. be next?

0:14.6

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

0:18.6

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

0:21.3

Over the weekend, Israeli airstrikes hit military targets near Damascus,

0:25.1

allegedly to prevent weapons from being shipped to Hezbollah in Lebanon.

0:29.1

Why now?

0:30.2

Will the ease with which Israel penetrated Syrian defenses put more pressure on President Obama to intervene?

0:36.7

On the second half of our program,

0:38.6

open enrollment for Obamacare begins in just six months,

0:42.0

but many Americans who might benefit don't even know it.

0:45.1

What's being done to prevent a possible train wreck

0:47.5

as Obamacare rolls out?

0:50.0

We'll talk to the woman in charge of telling consumers

0:52.4

what they need to know.

0:54.4

First, here's the news.

1:02.2

Listen to KCRW's 24-hour all-news channel.

1:06.0

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1:10.6

Continuous coverage and accessible via our smartphone app or online at kCRW.com.

1:20.6

Support for To The Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund.

1:29.2

Hello again, Warren. I'll, back with To the Point.

1:34.1

As implementation of Obamacare gets underway, many Americans are confused and for good reason.

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