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What's next for the United States and Iran?

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U.S. intelligence agencies now believe that Iran stopped trying to build nuclear weapons four years ago. The military option appears to be off the table. President Bush's effort to increase sanctions against Iran is still going strong, but the latest intelligence estimate may undermine that too. On to the point, have 16 intelligence agencies declared their independence from political influence?

As the president turned his back on the neocons who wanted to follow the war in Iraq with attacks on Iran,

on reporter's notebook later on, a medical mystery may have been solved.

Why does the flu season always happen in winter?

First, here's the news.

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Hello again,

Warren-Aulney, back with To the Point. President Bush says it's up to Iran to avoid international sanctions,

but the latest intelligence estimate will make his case harder to make with Western Europe, Russia,

and China. On To the Point, we'll look at the prospects and hear more about how and why the administration released a report that contradicted its own policies.

On reporter's notebook, researchers think they've answered a longstanding question.

Why does the flu always come in the winter?

First, this news update.

Lawyers for inmates at Guantanamo Bay were back in the U.S. Supreme Court today,

demanding that the government provides some basis for their clients' continued imprisonment. That's habeas corpus.S. Supreme Court today, demanding that the government provides some basis for their

client's continued imprisonment. That's habeas corpus, guaranteed to every American by the Constitution.

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