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Preemptive War

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Wednesday, October 06, 2004

In last Thursday’s debate, John Kerry said “The president always has the right, and always has had the right, for preemptive strike.” But he’s also attacked President Bush for waging “the wrong war at the wrong time” by attacking Iraq. So what does each candidate really believe about preemptive war?
Also Dante Chinni on the debates, the Nobels start to go out for science, and your calls on suburban stores coming to New York City.

Trial and Error

Dante Chinni, Political Columnist for the Christian Science Monitor and consultant to the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism, analyses the Vice Presidential debate between Dick Cheney and John Edwards and puts on a fact checker's hat

» Dante Chinni

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The Sound of Science

Steve Mirsky, columnist and editor at Scientific American Magazine

» Scientific American Magazine

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30 Issues: Preemptive War

David Phillips, Kerry Advisor on Foreign Policy and Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Center for Preventive at the Council on Foreign Relations, on the Kerry position on preemptive war

» David Philips bio

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Richard Perle, served as ...

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Open Phones

listeners debate the merits of the suburbanization of Manhattan

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