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In Lebanon, peace now or a long-term solution?

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

the daily look of the issues Americans care about most. Lebanon's prime minister says his nation's being torn to shreds. Kofi Annan wants an immediate

ceasefire. But Israel says it won't stop fighting till Hisbola has been disabled, and the U.S.

says it'll take time for what it calls a permanent solution. On to the point, the Bush administration

is said to have shifted America's

focus from short-term peace and stability to long-lasting change. Will that stance in the current

crisis mean another rift with allies who are calling for peace now? Will it confirm the belief of

Arabs that the U.S. and Israel are one and the same? a reporter's notebook later on, President Bush,

finally, visits the NAACP.

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At the United Nations, there are calls for immediate ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, but the U.S.

says a permanent solution is going to take time. On To the Point, while America's long-term focus

caused another rift with its

allies, will the Arab world see more evidence that the U.S. and Israel are one and the same?

On reporters' notebook later, after turning down invitations for five years, President Bush made a

speech today to the NAACP. We'll hear what he said and how the delegates reacted. First,

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