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Former Defense Secretary Gates: Pushing Away Peaceful Protesters Was 'A Bad Mistake'

Gates also told NPR on Thursday that it's time to change the names of Confederate bases. "There comes a moment when things become possible and people ought to seize a moment when it presents itself."

A volunteer received a shot of the experimental Moderna vaccine against COVID-19 in March as part of a safety study. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption

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Questions About How Crash Program Is Picking Coronavirus Vaccines To Back

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Allison Loggins-Hull and Nathalie Joachim are two of the artists featured in the Library of Congress' Boccaccio Project, a collection of songs inspired by the coronavirus pandemic. Erin Patrice O'Brien/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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A New Library Of Congress Project Commissions Music Of The Coronavirus Pandemic

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Albert Sykes (left), with his eldest son, Aidan, at home this week in Jackson, Miss. Courtesy of the Sykes family hide caption

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From Trayvon Martin To George Floyd, A Dad And Son Keep Protesting For Equality

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Kipo (center) and friends make their surprisingly cheerful way through a post-apocalyptic hellscape beset by giant mutant animals in Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts. Netflix hide caption

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'Kipo And The Age Of Wonderbeasts' Returns, Weirder And Warmer Than Ever

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Robert Gates is interviewed for "The Spymasters" on Dec. 15, 2014. David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images hide caption

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Former Defense Secretary Gates: Pushing Away Peaceful Protesters Was 'A Bad Mistake'

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