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The Rundown - September 7


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

RFE/RL in the Media
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Andrew Exum links to RFE/RL's report on NATO's Konduz airstrike
# World Politics Review discusses Iranian politics via RFE/RL
# Global Voices reports on Azerbaijan's Eurovision vote scandal
# Eurasianet reprints RFE/RL's "Migrant Express" and a report on Iran

On the RFE/RL Website
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Putin's Polish Problem
# Iran's Musavi has called for protests
# Azerbaijan's government is criticizing RFE/RL's Eurovision coverage

Int'l Press Review

The Sunday Morning Talk Shows
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David Axelrod discusses Afghanistan on Meet the Press
# This Week's round table discusses an Afghan pullback
# Brooks and Shields on the Newshour

Afghanistan
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Ahmed Rashid thinks the West should temper its Afghan goals
# Fred Kagan does not think Afghanistan is a fool's errand
# Stephen Rademaker on Obama as Charlie Wilson
# Matthew Green on Pashtun impatience with Karzai
# Christian Brose on the Pakistan problem
# A host of fake polling sites were set up to aid Karzai

Of Interest
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Ryan Crocker recounts his time as Ambassador in Iraq
# Migrants are most at risk in a tumultuous global economy
# GQ doesn't want Putin to see his profile in its magazine
# The NY Times editorializes on the house arrest of A.Q. Khan
# Matthew Collin on Abkhazia - Georgia relations

U.S. Politics
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Jackson Diehl on Obama's campaign promises
# George Will fires back at his critics
# "Embassy Row" - the Washington Times

From the Blogs
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Venezuela & Iran are 'staunch allies'

--Zach Peterson
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