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To the Point

President Bush Goes Back to Europe

To the Point

KCRW

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4.4583 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2006

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In Vienna today, where he is meeting with leaders of the European Union, a few hundreds demonstrators carried signs calling President Bush the "Number One Terrorist in the World." At a heated press conference, the President dismissed as "absurd" polls showing that Europeans think the US is more dangerous than Iran. The President also said he wants to close the Guant--namo Bay prison, and the Chancellor of Austria signaled possible help in re-locating prisoners. What about Iran, Iraq and Europe's own problems with radical Islam? We hear more from political scientists and journalists in the US and Austria on the latest attempt to mend fences with America's most important allies. Making News: Seven Marines, One Sailor to Be Charged in Murder of IraqiAs the Senate debated timetables for troop withdrawal today, the Pentagon announced that 21,000 soldiers will be sent to replace those who are coming home. Meantime, the Marine Corps plans to charge seven Marines and a sailor with murder. They're being held at the Camp Pendleton Marine Base in Southern California, where Tony Perry is reporting for the Los Angeles Times.Reporter's Notebook: Embryonic Stem Cells Found to Reverse Paralysis in RatsResearchers at Johns Hopkins University have found a way to use stem cells to re-grow the circuitry needed to move a muscle. The result has been that partially paralyzed rats are able to walk. The breakthrough is being called a "first step...a proof of principle," though application to human beings might be a long way off. James Battey heads the Stem Cell Task Force at the National Institutes of Health.

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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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