Which Way, L.A.?
Obama and Middle East Peace; Villagraigosa and the LAPD
Mayor Villagraigosa has chosen Deputy Chief Charlie Beck to succeed Bill Bratton as Chief of the LAPD. We hear from both men and get reaction from a cross section of city figures. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, Hillary Clinton's having a tough time with Israelis and Arabs, and Congress is about to condemn a UN report on war crimes in Gaza.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenIf the City Council approves, Charlie Beck will be the new Chief of the LAPD, another white man picked by the city's first modern Latino Mayor. But there's no sign of the ethnic antagonisms of years past. What's next for Beck and Antonio Villagraigosa? On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, Hillary Clinton's having a tough time with Israelis and Arabs, and Congress is about to condemn a UN report on war crimes in Gaza. What's happening to President Obama's "new start" with the Muslim world?
Banner image: LAPD Chief-designate Charles Beck (L) and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
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2 storiesSettlements, War Crimes and Middle East Peace
In Marrakesh, Morocco, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Arab leaders the US will deliver on President Obama's promise of a "new start" with the Muslim world. But first she backed away from earlier statements denounced by some of those same leaders as threatening to set back the Israeli-Palestinian peace process by ten years.
Read the story28 minLA Gets a New Police Chief
To succeed Bill Bratton , Mayor Antonio Villagraigosa has picked Charlie Beck as the next Chief of the LAPD. He's 56 and currently Deputy Chief in charge of Detectives. Beck's father served the LAPD for 30 years and retired as a deputy chief, an experience he says has enabled him to see both the "ghosts and the glory."
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