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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Obama’s ISIS Plans, NFL Abuse Issues, and Creating Consumer Need

    President Obama is giving a prime time speech tonight to lay out his strategy for fighting the Islamic State, or ISIS. We talk to one of the few outside foreign policy experts who met with the President about his plans earlier this week.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Sep 10, 2014 • 51m Listen

    President Obama is giving a prime time speech tonight to lay out his strategy for fighting the Islamic State, or ISIS. We talk to one of the few outside foreign policy experts who met with the President about his plans earlier this week. And we discuss whether ISIS is an immediate threat to the U.S. We also look at how the NFL is handling domestic abuse cases, and whether their approach will change after the high-profile Ray Rice incident. And we look at the way Apple and other companies convince us we need products that didn’t even exist a year ago.

    Banner Image: President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with bicameral leadership of Congress regarding foreign policy, in the Oval Office, Sept. 9, 2014. Participants include: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio and Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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