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The Rundown - September 22


A first look at the news on RFE/RL's broadcast region

RFE/RL in the Media
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The Globe & Mail cites RFE/RL reporting on the economic crisis
# Wired cites Greg Feifer's post on the Kremlin's radar reaction

On the RFE/RL Website
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How Moscow is spinning the missile defense decision
# Mikhail Khordokovsky's letters from prison
# A profile of Radio Free Iraq

Int'l Press Review

Afghanistan
# Hillary Clinton discusses Afghanistan on the Newshour
# Carl Levin doesn't think more troops will ensure victory
# Michele Flournoy's view of the McChrystal report
# The Wash Post ed board wonders if Obama is wavering
# Les Gelb doesn't understand Obama's policy
# Joshua Foust on interpreters as heroes
# Spiegel on Bagram as Gitmo

Russia
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Charles Clover and Stefan Wagstyl discuss the Kremlin in 2012
# Vaclav Havel and others think the west needs to support Georgia
# Anatol Lieven on Russian stability

Missile Defense
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Roger Cohen on Poland's reaction
# Mark Brzezinski on a Czech and Polish 'reset'

U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# Bret Stephens on Obama's coming address at the UN
# Anne Applebaum on Europe as a photo op for U.S. politicians
# A look at the U.S. army training center in the Nevada desert
# Al Kamen's "In the Loop"
# "Embassy Row" - the Washington Times

From the Blogs
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Judah Grunstein on the Afghan strategic review
# Andrew Exum on the national debate re: Afghanistan...
# ...Michael Cohen weighs in
# Gretchen Peters, Fred Kagan, et al discuss 'failure' in Afghanistan
# Michael Crowley on the Petraeus factor
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