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Friday, September 18 2009

  • The Takeaway for Friday September 18, 2009 (Early Edition) September 18, 2009

    <p>Headlines; Scrapping Plans for a Missile Defense Shield</p> (article)

  • Obama Scraps Bush-Era Missile Plan September 18, 2009

    Obama Scraps Bush-Era Missile Plan (episode)

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    • Obama Scraps Bush-Era Missile Plan September 18, 2009

      Yesterday President Obama announced that he is scrapping the Bush administration's plans for a land-based missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic. He's opting instead ...

    • New Rules for the SEC? September 18, 2009

      Louise Story, finance and Wall Street reporter for The New York Times, has been keeping a close eye on the Securities and Exchange Commission as they propose new ways to regulate Wall...

    • Showdown in the AFC East September 18, 2009

      The Takeaway's sports contributor, Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, is ready to talk football: specifically, the biggest game in the AFC East. Tom Brady and the New England Patriots hope to win t...

    • South Carolina Calling: A Listener's Tale September 18, 2009

      What happens when you're a Massachusetts critic of South Carolina Rep. Joe ("You Lie!") Wilson? You end up on his fundraising list, apparently. Listener Sarah Rulnick joins us with he...

    • Déjà Vu: The First Lady for Health Care September 18, 2009

      In a flashback to the '90s, when then–First Lady Hilary Clinton went out and stumped for health care reform, new First Lady Michelle Obama starts hawking health care today. She'll pit...

    • 'World Have Your Say' on Missile Defense Changes September 18, 2009

      President Obama has decided to scrap President Bush's plan for a land-based missile defense shield in Eastern Europe. Critics claim that this would leave our allies open to harm, whil...

    • Movies: Meatballs and Feminist Horror September 18, 2009

      On Fridays we talk movies; today we're joined by Newsday film critic Rafer Guzman and Spoutblog editor Karina Longworth. Anna Faris, Mr. T and others bring a classic children's book t...

    • How Legislative Giants Might Get Health Care Done September 18, 2009

      The national uproar surrounding the effort to reform health care has us wondering: How did anyone ever get changes to health care passed? And what lessons can be learned from the nota...

    • Baucus Caucus Far From Raucous September 18, 2009

      Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana) has been getting a lot of attention lately for his leadership in the health care debate ... not all of it good. Our Washington correspondent Todd Zwilli...

    • Sports: Cowboys and Giants and Football, Oh My! September 18, 2009

      The Takeaway's sports contributor, Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, joins us to talk about one of the NFL's key matchups this week: the New York Giants' visit to the Dallas Cowboys in an NFC East...

    • Congress Eyes Financial Giants 'Too Big to Fail' September 18, 2009

      Are you a company that is "too big to fail?" Well, Congress hopes, someday, to have a plan for you. Louise Story, finance reporter for The New York Times, joins us with a look at the ...

    • Fiat Reports Chrysler in Bad Shape September 18, 2009

      The Frankfurt Motor Show is not a happy place this year. The international car industry is reducing production as the global recession causes demand to drop sharply. Adding insult to ...

    • Selling Health Care Reform: Advice for the President September 18, 2009

      President Obama campaigned on an agenda of change: change for health care, change for the environment and change for the nation. Ten months into his presidency, those changes have pro...

    • From Our Listeners: We Asked, You Answered September 18, 2009

      The outburst and apology by Rep. Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina), the public aftermath and charges of racism – some overt, some covert – have driven a national conversation this week. J...

    • Russian Reaction to Scrapped Missile Defense System September 18, 2009

      President Obama announced yesterday that he is abandoning plans for a missile defense shield. President Bush had slated the shield for development in Poland and the Czech Republic, bu...

    • 300th Birthday of Moralist Samuel Johnson September 18, 2009

      The famed moralist and writer Samuel Johnson was born 300 years old today. Randy Cohen, who writes The Ethicist column for The New York Times Magazine, gives us his take on what the c...