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• Women in combat: Minnesota National Guard helps pave the way
  The Minnesota National Guard's First Brigade Combat Team is one of nine brigades around the country helping to pilot the Pentagon's new policy lifting the restriction on women in combat.January 25, 2013
• IQ2 debate: Can Israel live with a nuclear Iran?
  Iran continues to thwart U.N. efforts to inspect its nuclear program. The U.S. has increased economic sanctions on Iran. Can Israel live with a nuclear Iran, or could the time be near for a pre-emptive strike? Four experts debate the statement: Israel can live with a nuclear Iran.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, January 24, 2013
• How will women in combat change the military?
  Now that the ban on women in combat has been lifted, what will be the effect on the military?The Daily Circuit, January 24, 2013
• Women in combat door opens: Now what?
  The Pentagon's decision to lift the ban on women serving in combat presents a daunting challenge to top military leaders who now will have to decide which, if any, jobs they believe should be open only to men.January 24, 2013
• John Kerry war testimony at Senate Foreign Relations: 1971 and 2013
  Part 1: U.S. Navy Lt. John Kerry's testimony against the Vietnam War, at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on April 22, 1971. Part 2: Excerpts from Sen. John Kerry's Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing to be U.S. Secretary of State, Jan. 24, 2013.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, January 23, 2013
• Vietnam Tapes: Letters from a Willmar soldier
  On the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, a rebroadcast of "The Vietnam Tapes: Letters from a Willmar Soldier." Willmar's Daniel Kleven served in the US Army in Vietnam in 1970. It's an extraordinary window into the life of a soldier in combat during this turbulent time in America's history.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, January 22, 2013
• Somalia president speaks to thousands in Minnesota
  A day after the U.S. officially recognized Somalia's government for the first time in two decades, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud called on Somalis living in Minnesota to help rebuild their war-torn homeland.January 19, 2013
• Somalia leader visits Minn. amid US recognition
  A day after the U.S. officially recognized Somalia's government for the first time in two decades, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was set to ask thousands of Somalis in Minneapolis on Friday to help rebuild their country.January 18, 2013
• The war for Afghanistan's oil and gas
  Antonia Juhasz joins The Daily Circuit to discuss her reporting on the conflict over Afghanistan's developing oil and gas sector.The Daily Circuit, January 17, 2013
• 2012 military suicides hit high of 349
  Suicides in the U.S. military surged to a record 349 last year. That far exceeds the 295 American combat deaths in Afghanistan in 2012 and compares with 301 military suicides in 2011.January 14, 2013
• Mali Islamists gain ground despite French fighting
  Despite intensive aerial bombardments by French warplanes, Islamist insurgents grabbed more territory in Mali on Monday, including a strategic military camp, bringing them much closer to the capital, French and Malian military officials said.January 14, 2013
• Iraqis held at Abu Ghraib settle for $5M
  The settlement on behalf of 71 former inmates marks the first successful effort by lawyers for former inmates at Abu Ghraib and other detention centers to collect money from a U.S. defense contractor in lawsuits alleging torture. Another contractor, CACI, is expected to go to trial over similar allegations this summer.January 9, 2013
• LIVE coverage: President nominates new leaders for Defense and CIA
  President Barack Obama nominates former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel to be Secretary of Defense and John Brennan to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, January 7, 2013
• Vets face confusion using GI Bill at state schools
  In choosing to serve her country in uniform, Hayleigh Lynn Perez knowingly accepted a nomadic life. Now the former Army sergeant says she and thousands of other veterans trying to get a higher education are being penalized for that enforced rootlessness.January 6, 2013
• Lawmakers say CIA may have misled filmmakers
  Lawmakers accused the CIA of misleading the makers of the Osama bin Laden raid film "Zero Dark Thirty" by allegedly telling them that harsh interrogation methods helped track down the terrorist mastermind.January 5, 2013

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