President Bush Goes Back to Europe
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2006
⏱️ 51 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point. |
| 0:07.7 | President Bush gets a lively reception in Europe. |
| 0:14.0 | Hello again, I'm Mormon Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International, |
| 0:18.0 | a daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:20.9 | Demonstrations turned into angry protest tonight in Vienna, where President Bush was called the number one terrorist in the world. |
| 0:27.7 | At a heated press conference, the president dismissed as absurd, polls showing that Europeans think the U.S. is more dangerous than Iran. |
| 0:34.9 | The president also said he wants to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, |
| 0:38.2 | and the Chancellor of Austria signaled possible help in relocating prisoners. |
| 0:42.6 | On to the point, more on the latest attempt to mend fences with some of America's most |
| 0:46.4 | important allies. What about Iran, Iraq, and Europe's own problems with radical Islam? |
| 0:52.1 | On reporter's notebook later on, a breakthrough that also suggests limitations in stem cell research. |
| 0:58.3 | First the news. |
| 1:01.8 | Support for To the Point comes from subscribers of KCRW Santa Monica and from the Public Radio International Program Fund, |
| 1:09.3 | whose contributors include the Ford Foundation and the John D. |
| 1:12.5 | and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Hello again, Warren Alney, back with To the Point. Protesters |
| 1:17.1 | through smoke bombs, as President Bush left Vienna tonight. On To the Point, will Austria and other countries help relocate prisoners if Guantanamo Bay is shut down? |
| 1:26.2 | What do the European Union have to say about Iraq, |
| 1:28.7 | Iran, and Europe's own problems with radical Islam? On reporter's notebook, stem cell research has |
| 1:34.2 | enabled paralyzed mice to walk, but application to humans could be a long way off. First, |
| 1:39.5 | this news update. As the Senate debated timetables for troop withdrawal today, the Pentagon |
| 1:43.4 | announced that 21,000 |
| 1:44.8 | soldiers will be sent to replace those who were coming home. Meantime, the Marine Corps plans to |
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