Opinion The Impact of War A Soldier's Choice: To Re-Up, or Not? November 30, 2006 • Michele Norris talks with Zack Bazzi, one of several American soldiers who filmed their experience in Iraq for the recent documentary The War Tapes. In December, Bazzi, who was born in Lebanon and lived there until he was 10, will graduate from the University of New Hampshire. Soon after that, he'll set off for Afghanistan, where he will be involved in a program to train Afghan troops. A Soldier's Choice: To Re-Up, or Not? Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6561777/6561778" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Bipartisan Study Group Releases Its Plan for Iraq Strategizing a Pullback: Challenge in Iraq November 30, 2006 • Robert Siegel talks with American Enterprise Institute resident fellow Reuel Marc Gerecht and Michael O'Hanlon, senior fellow in foreign policy studies at Brookings Institution. Gerecht and O'Hanlon talk about the leak to The New York Times of recommendations of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, scheduled to be released next week. Strategizing a Pullback: Challenge in Iraq Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6561783/6561784" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Polonium: Harmless Unless Ingested November 30, 2006 • Following the poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, British authorities are following a trail of radioactive contamination. Litvinenko died from the effects of absorbing a rare radioactive element, Polonium 210. Polonium: Harmless Unless Ingested Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6561759/6561760" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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NPR Host's Lunch in London Intersects Spy Case November 30, 2006 • NPR's Weekend Edition host Scott Simon was recently in London with his wife and young daughter. During their stay, they ate at the Itsu Sushi restaurant, the infamous site where former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko met with a contact before contracting fatal Polonium poisoning. Traces of the radioactive element have been found at the restaurant. NPR Host's Lunch in London Intersects Spy Case Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6561762/6561763" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Authors Urge 'Ethical Realism' in Foreign Policy November 30, 2006 • John Hulsman and Anatol Lieven, scholars from opposite political camps, say America's foreign policy is flawed because it's based on idealism and moral imperatives. They advocate an alternative approach called "ethical realism." Authors Urge 'Ethical Realism' in Foreign Policy Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6557588/6557667" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Political Junkie End of the Road for Frist; What Next for Hastert? November 29, 2006 • Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist -- who did not seek re-election this year -- announces he won't be running for the White House in 2008. Plus: What's in store for soon-to-be-former House Speaker Dennis Hastert?
Hadley's Memo on Maliki Reveals U.S. Analysis November 29, 2006 • A memo written by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley that criticizes Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has been leaked to The New York Times. The memo also considers the political environment in Iraq. Robert Siegel talks with Nancy Youssef, Baghdad bureau chief for McClatchy newspapers, who has met with Maliki both before and after he took his current post. Hadley's Memo on Maliki Reveals U.S. Analysis Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6556440/6556441" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Has the Move to Make Cars Greener Stalled? November 29, 2006 • The Supreme Court hears arguments from states trying to force the federal government to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from cars. The government long ago forced automakers to install devices that have dramatically slashed the car pollutants that cause smog and other problems. Has the Move to Make Cars Greener Stalled? Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6556416/6556417" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Secularism is Point of Debate for Pope, Islamic Leaders November 28, 2006 • Islamists in Turkey and Pope Benedict have been grappling with the role of secularism in the modern state. Secularism is a founding principle of modern Turkey, but Islamists have been railing against the concept. Similarly, the pope has been a vocal critic of secularism in Europe. Secularism is Point of Debate for Pope, Islamic Leaders Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6550595/6550596" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Roundtable: NATO Summit, White Scholarship November 28, 2006 • Tuesday's topics include President Bush's trip to the NATO summit and a scholarship for white students at Boston University. Farai Chideya's guests are Michael Meyers, executive director of the New York Civil Rights Coalition; Chicago Sun-Times columnist Laura Washington; and Brown University social sciences professor Glenn Loury. Roundtable: NATO Summit, White Scholarship Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6548817/6548818" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Roundtable: NYC Shooting, Remembering Gerald Boyd November 27, 2006 • Monday's topics: 50 shots at a groom-to-be raise questions about the New York Police Department, and remembering pioneering African-American journalist Gerald Boyd. Guests: Callie Crossley; a social/cultural commentator on the television show Beat the Press in Boston; Marcelo Suarez-Orozco, professor of globalization and education at New York University; and Robert George, editorial writer for The New York Post. Roundtable: NYC Shooting, Remembering Gerald Boyd Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6545311/6545312" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Polonium 210 and the Litvinenko Case November 27, 2006 • Robert Siegel talks with John Emsley, author of The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison, about the poisoning of Russian-spy-turned-Kremlin-critic Alexander Litvinenko. Litvinenko died last Thursday after being poisoned with radioactive Polonium-210. Polonium 210 and the Litvinenko Case Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6545243/6545244" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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NBC Is Latest to Deem Iraq to Be in Civil War November 27, 2006 • This morning on NBC's The Today Show, Matt Lauer said his network would begin calling the situation in Iraq a civil war. NBC is joining The Los Angeles Times and the McClatchy papers in using the term. But the White House insists that the situation in Iraq still falls short of a civil war. NBC Is Latest to Deem Iraq to Be in Civil War Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6545219/6545220" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Expert: Cheney's Saudi Talks Centered on Iraq, Iran November 27, 2006 • When Vice President Cheney met with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Saturday, the pair likely discussed Iraq, Iran, Israel and terrorism, says Rachel Bronson, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Robert Siegel talks with Bronson, who is the author of Thicker Than Oil: America's Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia. Expert: Cheney's Saudi Talks Centered on Iraq, Iran Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6545216/6545217" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Krulwich Wonders... Build Your Own Universe November 27, 2006 • Physicists agree, one day it may be possible for a person to create a universe. It won't happen tomorrow, but the idea is in the works. There's already one problem with the idea: If a universe is created, physicists say they wouldn't know how to communicate with it. Build Your Own Universe Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6545246/6545247" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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