President Bush in Vietnam
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2006
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
President Bush went to the Asia-Pacific Summit to shore up America's influence in Asia. We hear about North Korea, China and America's complex relationship with its former Communist enemy, Vietnam. Will a Democratic Congress approve a free trade deal Republicans rejected? Plus, Iran invites Syria and Iraq to the bargaining table, and Russian spies, deadly poison, and tea in a London hotel--it’s not the new James Bond film, but a real-life drama unfolding in England. Sara Terry guest hosts.
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| 0:00.0 | From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point. |
| 0:07.5 | All dressed up in the Audi, but where will they go? |
| 0:13.9 | I'm Sarah Terry sitting in for Warren Allney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International, a daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:22.5 | Asia-Pacific leaders, including President George Bush, ended their economic summit in Hanoi, dressed in traditional Vietnamese robes on Sunday. |
| 0:30.3 | Vietnam hoped to dazzle regional leaders, while President Bush came with a wish list of his own. |
| 0:35.2 | Who gained what at the summit? |
| 0:37.0 | Vietnam is booming economically, |
| 0:39.1 | but what about political and human rights reforms? |
| 0:41.7 | Will the U.S. be able to regain some of the influence |
| 0:43.9 | it's lost in the region as China's power has grown? |
| 0:47.1 | On reporter's notebook, James Bond may be on the big screen, |
| 0:50.7 | but in London, a real-life former Russian spy has been poisoned. |
| 0:55.8 | First, here's the news. |
| 1:05.0 | 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 and the John D. and |
| 1:10.1 | Catherine T. McArthur Foundation. |
| 1:12.3 | I'm Sarah Terry sitting in for Warren Olney, back with To the Point from PRI. We'll be talking |
| 1:17.3 | about the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit, which ended yesterday in Hanoi. It marked only |
| 1:22.7 | the second time a U.S. president has visited Vietnam since the end of the war there 31 years ago. |
| 1:28.3 | What's the state of relations between the U.S. and Hanoi today? |
| 1:31.5 | What progress did George Bush make towards liberalizing trade in the region? |
| 1:35.1 | Does China now carry more weight among Asia-Pacific countries than the U.S.? |
| 1:38.9 | And what kind of changes are taking place within communist-run Vietnam? |
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