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Senator John DanforthBible Beltway
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 divisive force in our society, and previews Bush's speech at the U.N. General Assembly.
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The Good Doctor
Nicolas de Torrenté, executive director of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the United States
and
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
» Doctors Without Borders
» Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City
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
and
Helen Foster, member of City Council (D-16th District-West Bronx, Morrisania, South Bronx, Highbridge, Melrose);
member of the city's council on education committee,
- react to the Mayor's anti-poverty commission's proposals
» Bill de Blasio’s website
» Helen Foster’s website
UN-interested Parties
Colum Lynch, United Nations correspondent for The Washington Post
and
Ken Bazinet, reporter for the Daily News
- offer analysis of Bush's live address to the U.N. General Assembly
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