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Sabre rattling today, from Tehran to Tel Aviv to Moscow to Washington.

Hello again, I'm Mormon-Aulny, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

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Americans care about most. Iran today tested a missile that claims could strike an Israeli city.

Just a month after Israel drilled with warplanes, it could reach Iran's nuclear installations.

The U.S. says Iran's test justifies yesterday's deal to install missile defense in the Czech Republic.

Russia threatened some kind of military action over that.

We'll hear from several diplomatic hotspots.

Also today, should Washington cut programs to balance the budget

or continue deficit spending to help hard-hit Americans?

What about taxes?

We'll look at some of the economic fixes proposed by McCain and Obama. First,

here's the news.

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Hello again, Warren Alney back with To the Point. John McCain wants to cut taxes and balance the budget at the same time.

What programs would he eliminate?

Barack Obama wants to increase assistance to hard-hit families. What about the deficit?

On To the Point, we'll hear what the candidates are saying

about the economy. First, this update. Iran today test fired nine ballistic missiles, including a

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