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

It's the economy, stupid.

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

The daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

The economy was the subject of last night's fourth Republican presidential debate,

and you could almost hear Bill Clinton's slogan from 1992. But the candidates

struggled to define their differences when they were almost unanimous. Cut taxes, cut spending,

don't raise the minimum wage. Despite a recovery that's driven unemployment down to 5%,

polls show that Republican voters are anxious about the economy.

We'll hear about last night's appeals to the base of the party and how the GOP's economic vision compares to the Democrats.

Today's talking point is the U.S. military prepared for warfare in the information age.

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