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• Iraq War changed the Minnesota National Guard's training, role and return home
  From the moment bombs flew over Baghdad 10 years ago, Minnesota's National Guard played a significant role in the War in Iraq.March 21, 2013
• Experts think North Korea may follow through on threats
  North Korea, which remains a suspect in this week's cyber attack on South Korea, has issued fresh threats against U.S. military bases in Japan and Guam. As tensions on the Korean peninsula rise once more, what are the implications for the United States?The Daily Circuit, March 21, 2013
• Obama makes first trip to Israel as president
  President Barack Obama plunged into the turbulent Middle East Wednesday, assuring Israel of the U.S. commitment to its security while cautioning that the region's "winds of change bring both promise and peril."March 20, 2013
• Iraq War left mark on Minn. National Guard members, families
  The Iraq War, which started 10 years ago today, left a lasting imprint on the men and women who served and on their families.March 19, 2013
• Wave of Iraq blasts kill 56 decade after invasion
  A wave of bombings tore through Baghdad on Tuesday morning, killing at least 56 people in a spasm of violence on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion.March 19, 2013
• 10 years after Iraq invasion, former Rep. Kriesel looks back
  John Kriesel, an Iraq War veteran and former state representative who now works with veterans as director of the Anoka County Veterans Services Office, joins us to look back on the last decade.The Daily Circuit, March 19, 2013
• On Iraq War's anniversary, remembering Minnesota's fallen
  The following is a brief account of the almost 100 military personnel with Minnesota connections who have died in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan since the onset of hostilities that followed the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, as well as non-combat deaths and non-military deaths related to the wars.March 19, 2013
• Vet who saved many in Iraq couldn't escape demons
  As the new year dawned, Pete Linnerooth, Bronze Star recipient, admired Army captain, devoted father, turned his gun on himself. He was 42. A former Minnesota State psychology instructor, Linnerooth was, as one buddy says, the guy who could help everybody -- everybody but himself.March 18, 2013
• An art project, an unlikely friendship and a veteran facing the end
  Their friendship seemed unlikely even to them. One, a military man turned middle school teacher who is uncomfortable when his hair gets in shouting range of his ears. The other, a well-traveled artist who loves to cook and has his hair long enough for a ponytail. Hour after hour in the gentle light of a Little Falls art studio, they forged a friendship. But even now they know they are on borrowed time.March 16, 2013
• Four-legged warriors show signs of PTSD
  Post-traumatic stress disorder has been a problem for many military members returning from combat zones. Now the military is looking more closely at whether its canine members suffer from PTSD in the same ways.March 12, 2013
• PTSD may be contagious, research says
  When combat veterans bring PTSD home from the war zone, they're not the only ones who suffer its symptoms. Family members are exhibiting signs of the disorder too.The Daily Circuit, March 11, 2013
• A Decade at War: Iraq, Afghanistan & Counterinsurgency
  From the America Abroad series, "A Decade at War: Afghanistan, Iraq and Counterinsurgency." March 19 marks the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War. What lessons have we learned about the war-fighting doctrine known as "counter-insurgency?"Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, March 11, 2013
• Bin Laden spokesman pleads not guilty
  A senior al-Qaida leader and son-in-law of Osama bin Laden pleaded not guilty Friday in federal court in New York to plotting against Americans in his role as the terror network's top spokesman.March 8, 2013
• To some, Obama looks more and more like George W. Bush
  When a leaked memo laid out a legal rationale for an expanded exercise of executive power, an uncomfortable parallel emerged. Didn't Obama criticize his predecessor along similar lines?The Daily Circuit, March 6, 2013
• Iraq reconstruction: Too much US money, too few results
  Ten years and $60 billion in American taxpayer funds later, Iraq is still so unstable and broken that even its leaders question whether U.S. efforts to rebuild the war-torn nation were worth the cost.March 6, 2013

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