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• Iran tests long-range missiles
  Tehran capped off two days of war games Monday by firing off missiles capable of carrying warheads and reaching Israel and U.S. bases in the Middle East. The testing comes just days after the disclosure that Iran is building a uranium enrichment facility.Midday, September 28, 2009
• Former Sen. Chuck Hagel discusses challenges facing the U.S.
  Former Republican U.S. Senator from Nebraska Chuck Hagel speaks about the challenges the U.S. is facing both domestically and internationally. Hagel was in Minnesota this week to give the third annual Eugene McCarthy Lecture at St. John's University in Collegeville.Midday, September 25, 2009
• Afghanistan: Send more troops soon or wait?
  Gen. Stanley McChrystal will submit a troop request for Afghanistan next week to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. The request was said to be delayed because of McChrystal's leaked predictions that violence would continue to escalate in Afghanistan unless more troops were sent.Midmorning, September 24, 2009
• President Obama gives first address to United Nations
  President Obama called for global decisions based on "four pillars"-- nuclear disarmament, promotion of peace and security, preservation of the planet, and global economic opportunity for all people. A former US AID chief analyzes the speech.Midday, September 23, 2009
• Ahmadinejad says he will seek leniency for hikers
  Family members of three American hikers detained in Iran remained hopeful Tuesday, as the Iranian president said in an Associated Press interview that he would request leniency for their loved ones.September 23, 2009
• Reza Aslan discusses Muslim identity
  Scholar, best-selling author, and Iranian native Reza Aslan speaks at the Commonwealth Club of California about his new book, "How to Win a Cosmic War: God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror."Midday, September 22, 2009
• Report: More troops needed for Afghan war success
  President Barack Obama's top commander in Afghanistan has told him that without more troops the United States could lose the war that Obama has described as the nation's foremost military priority.September 21, 2009
• Charges dropped against Laotian Gen. Vang Pao
  A federal grand jury in California investigating an alleged plot to overthrow the government of Laos has decided to drop charges against Pao, a leading figure in the nation's Hmong community.September 18, 2009
• Vietnam War lessons for Iraq and Afghanistan?
  Award-winning war correspondent Joe Galloway offers insights based on 40 years of reporting on war and national security. Galloway says Afghanistan is not worth one more American life.Midday, September 16, 2009
• Nation's top intelligence official says country is safer from al-Qaida
  U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair says the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks would not have happened had U.S. intelligence agencies been organized then the way they are now. Blair spoke at the Commonwealth Club of California.Midday, September 16, 2009
• Pilots flying missions in Iraq and Afghanistan - from Fargo
  This year, U.S. Air Force trained more unmanned aerial vehicle pilots than traditional pilots, and some of those pilots are flying missions in Iraq and Afghanistan from halfway across the world in Fargo.September 15, 2009
• Sixth Minn. man reportedly dies in Somalia
  A sixth Minnesota man is feared dead in Somalia after joining an Islamic extremist group there. But Troy Kastigar stood out from his fellow recruits, because the Minneapolis man was not Somali.September 11, 2009
• Eight fallen soldiers honored at Capitol
  The nonprofit Minnesotans' Military Appreciation Fund honored eight soldiers, including four who were killed in action, during a ceremony today Friday at the State Capitol.September 11, 2009
• Remembering 9/11
  Photos of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the memorials held today in Washington D.C. and New York City.September 11, 2009
• 9/11 marked with mourning and a spirit of service
  With familiar rituals of grief and a new purpose to honor those who rushed into danger to help, the nation marked eight years since the Sept. 11 terror attacks Thursday, with volunteers reading the names of the World Trade Center lost.September 11, 2009

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