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Tuesday, September 19, 2006

President Bush will be speaking to the U.N. General Assembly during today’s show. We’ll preview the address with former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. John Danforth who will also talk about his new book, Faith and Politics: How the "Moral Values" Debate Divides America and How to Move Forward Together. Also, Doctors Without Borders has set up virtual refugee camps in Prospect Park and reaction to the Mayor’s anti-poverty proposals.

Bible Beltway

John Danforth Episcopal priest, former Republican Senator from Missouri, former US ambassador to the United Nations, and author of Faith and Politics: How the "Moral Values" Debate Divides America and How to Move Forward Together (Viking, 2006)
- Discusses how religion can be a reconciling, rather than a ...

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The Good Doctor

Nicolas de Torrenté, executive director of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the United States
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Milton Tectonidis, MD, nutrition consultant for Medical Department of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Paris
- discuss educating New Yorkers on the needs of refugees around the world

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Poverty Proposals

Bill de Blasio, member of City Council (D-39th District-Park Slope, Kensington, Windsor Terrace, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Borough Park and Boerum Hill); chairman of the general welfare committee
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Helen Foster, member of City Council (D-16th District-West Bronx, Morrisania, South Bronx, Highbridge, Melrose); member of the city's council ...

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UN-interested Parties

Colum Lynch, United Nations correspondent for The Washington Post
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Ken Bazinet, reporter for the Daily News
- offer analysis of Bush's live address to the U.N. General Assembly

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Senator John Danforth




Senator John Danforth

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John Danforth, former Senator (R-MO), former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Episcopal priest and author poses outside the WYNC studios after ...

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Milton Tectonidis, MD




Milton Tectonidis, MD

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Milton Tectonidis, MD and nutrition consultant for Medical Department of Doctors Without Borders, discusses the needs of refugees around the world. September ...

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