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National Security, refining the differences.

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

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The president and the former vice president could hardly disagree more on the right and wrong policies for keeping America safe.

In dueling speeches today, they advanced their views and repudiated each other on issues including interrogations, Guantanamo Bay, and the Constitution.

President Obama said he'll protect the nation while preserving the rule of law.

Dick Cheney said critics of tough anti-terrorist measures distort the truth.

We'll talk to reporters and others about today's quasi-debat.

Will it change perceptions of the past eight years?

Will it help shape the future?

On reporter's notebook later on, how did concealed weapons get into the credit card bill?

First, here's the news.

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Hello again,

Mormon-Anne, back with To the Poet. It's been called the debate that was lacking in last year's

presidential campaign. We'll hear the contrasting views of President Obama and former

Vice President Cheney in dueling speeches today on national security. On reporter's notebook,

the National Rifle Association flexes its muscles on credit card reform?

First, this news update.

Four men have been arrested and charged for conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction in the United States.

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