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What's next for McCain and Obama?

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After Saturday's back-to-back appearances with an evangelical pastor, both presidential candidates are back on the campaign trail. Neither one has announced his most important decision so far, the vice presidential selection. Speculation is rampant. On to the point, we'll find out who's hot, who's not, and what voters might have

learned from Saturday's low-key conversations. Also today, Russia says it's begun its pullback

from Georgia, we'll hear from the scene and debate a troubling question. After invading Iraq,

is the U.S. using a double standard when it condemns Russia's actions across its own international border.

First, here's the news.

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Foundation. Hello again, Warren Olney, back with To the Point. The Democrats will convene in Denver

just a week from today. The Republicans will be in St. Paul just a week later. On To the Point,

what did McCain and Obama reveal in Saturday's conversations with evangelical pastor Rick Warren?

What about the vice presidential

selections? Also today, the U.S. continues to condemn the Russian attack on Georgia as a

violation of sovereignty. What about the war in Iraq? First, this news update. There were

celebrations in the streets of Pakistani cities today after President Pervez Musharraf announced

his resignation from office.

After his speech on national TV, he reviewed an honor guard, stepped into a limousine,

and was driven away from the presidential palace.

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