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

Ending a seven-year TIF.

What progress are the U.S. and Russia making at mending fences?

I'm Sarah Terry, sitting in for Warren Only, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International, a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

President Obama is in Moscow for a two-day summit, ending a long chill between the two former Cold War enemies.

Today, Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev said they are making important steps forward.

So far, they've each agreed to cut about a thousand nuclear warheads from their arsenals.

How will a warmer relationship affect the leader's dialogue on more sensitive issues like NATO expansion?

On reporter's notebook, one of the Vietnam War's most controversial figures has died.

A look at the life and legacy of Robert McNamara.

First, the news.

Support for To the Point comes from subscribers of KCRW Santa Monica

and from the Public Radio International Program Fund,

whose contributors include the Ford Foundation,

the John D. and Catherine

T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, dedicated to the idea that

all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. Information at GatesFoundation.org.

I'm Sarah Terry, sitting in for Warren Olney. We're back with To the Point from PRI. President Obama and his Russian

counterpart, Dmitri Medvedev, announced today that they've made important steps in restoring relations

between the two countries. A cut in nuclear warheads has already been agreed to, but can the two

new presidents find common ground on more controversial issues such as the missile defense shield?

What influenced his former president, Vladimir Putin, have on the negotiations?

...