War & Conflict
Woodrow Wilson Center public policy scholar Aaron Miller spent over 20 years with the State Department working on the Arab-Israel peace process. He's now out with a new book that details why he thinks the U.S. has been unable to broker a peace agreement in the Middle East. He discussed his book, "The Much Too Promised Land: America's Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace," in a recent speech at the City Club of Cleveland.
(Midday,
05/14/2008)
As Israel reaches its 60th anniversary, Professor Michael Barnett of the University of Minnesota talks about the history and politics of the founding of Israel.
(Midday,
05/13/2008)
The Eden Valley City Hall had to be evacuated Tuesday, after someone brought in a pipe bomb they had found in a storage shed.
(05/07/2008)
When Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith made the movie "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" a couple of years ago, they set aside the film the really wanted to make, "Son of Rambow." Now after being a hit at Sundance, the film is about to open in Minnesota.
(05/05/2008)
A deployment ceremony is being held in
Hastings for 40 Minnesota National Guard soldiers who are on their
way to Iraq.
(05/03/2008)
Next week former talkshow host Phil Donahue's new documentary "Body of War" opens in the Twin Cities. It's just the latest movie about the Iraq conflict.
(05/02/2008)
The Minnesota National Guard says more than 40 soldiers from a unit based in Hastings have been ordered to active duty and will go to Iraq.
(04/30/2008)
Ambassador Barbara Bodine of Princeton University joins Midday to discuss diplomacy and the war in Iraq.
(Midday,
04/28/2008)
Though many are not recognized as veterans, many Minnesota women went to war in WWII. Bob Collins begins a series of profiles of some of them, starting with Virginia Claudon Allen, who was 'GI Jill' to thousands of servicemen in Burma.
(04/26/2008)
Munya Munochiveyi, who is finishing up his Ph.D. in history at the University of Minnesota, is a member of the Movement for Democratic Change.
(04/25/2008)
Tomorrow, Minnesotan Patrick Dewane presents a one-man play at the Minnesota History Center called "The Mushroom Picker: A Family Story about World War II." It's part of the History Center's ongoing exploration of Minnesota's Greatest Generation.
(04/25/2008)
The Mayo Clinic will develop new medical treatments for Americans injured in war. The Mayo Clinic has joined a consortium called the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine.
(04/18/2008)
American RadioWorks investigates the new nuclear threat and the global nuclear black market in a new documentary titled, "Business of the Bomb: The Modern Nuclear Marketplace."
(Midday,
04/18/2008)
The Dalai Lama's visit prompted demonstrations outside of Mayo Clinic by both Tibetan and pro-China demonstrators.
(04/16/2008)
Republican Senator Chuck Hagel discusses his position on foreign policy, national security and his goal of improving America's image abroad.
(Midmorning,
04/15/2008)
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