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• Minn. Guard veterans join reintegration events
  The Minnesota National Guard held the first of several reintegration events for soldiers who have been back in the country for 30 days.June 24, 2012
• The Week in Commentary
  A summary of the week's commentaries and some of the comments they generated.June 23, 2012
• Pentagon: Anti-Islamic education was wrong
  Poor judgment and poor oversight led to the teaching of anti-Islamic material at a military school for officers, according to a Pentagon report Wednesday.June 20, 2012
• A view of Palestine question you may not have heard: the Palestinian one
  To those whose ancestral homes were in Palestine, the dispute is not about religion. It's about property.June 20, 2012
• Military suicide rate surges to nearly one per day in 2012
  In the first 155 days of the year, there were 154 suicides for active-duty troops. That far outdistances the U.S. forces killed in action in Afghanistan. Why are so many veterans committing suicide and what can be done to prevent it?The Daily Circuit, June 18, 2012
• Minneapolis marks World Refugee Day
  Hundreds of Minnesota natives and refugees from around the world celebrated Twin Cities World Refugee Day in Minneapolis.June 18, 2012
• Dayton declares Women Veterans Day
  Gov. Mark Dayton has declared Monday as Minnesota Women Veterans Day.June 18, 2012
• UN: 800,000 fled their countries in 2011
  Crises in Libya, Somalia and elsewhere prompted 800,000 people to flee last year.June 18, 2012
• 12 Minn. soldiers arriving from Afghanistan
  Twelve members of the Minnesota National Guard are scheduled to arrive home after a one-year deployment in Afghanistan.June 16, 2012
• Minnesota's Vietnam War nurses tell their stories
  On Minnesota Women Veterans Day, hear the stories of Army and Navy nurses who served in the Vietnam War. They are the subject of a book by Kim Heikkila, titled "Sisterhood of War: Minnesota Women in Vietnam."Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, June 15, 2012
• Friday Roundtable: The U.S. role in Europe, Syria crises
  This week, our panelists look at the crises in Syria and Europe and what role, if any, the United States can play in defusing those crises.The Daily Circuit, June 14, 2012
• Minnesota Marine killed in Afghanistan
  Defense officials say Taylor John Baune, 21, died in combat operations in Helmand province in Afghanistan.June 14, 2012
• The summer of 1862 was tough on the First Minnesota
  150 years ago this month, a group of Minnesota solidiers was pretty despondent. It was a low point in the Civil War, and the men of the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry were involved in an attempt to take the Confederate capitol of Richmond.June 12, 2012
• Colin Powell gives advice on wars, conflict and life
  Four-star retired Gen. Colin Powell, America's first African-American Secretary of State, discusses Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, gays in the military, women in combat, and more in a wide-ranging interview at the Commonwealth Club of California on June 7, 2012. His new book is titled, "It Worked For Me: In Life and Leadership."Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, June 11, 2012
• Remains of Navy pilot missing in Vietnam returned to Minn.
  The remains of a U.S. Navy fighter pilot missing in action in the Vietnam War are being returned to his family in Minnesota for burial.June 9, 2012

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