Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Lessons learned from Soviet experience in Afghanistan
  Thirty years after Soviet troops rolled into Afghanistan, the United States is building up troops there to fight the Taliban. National Public Radio's Moscow correspondent discusses the Russian experience.11:00 a.m.
  Guests
  Gregory Feifer: National Public Radio's Moscow correspondent. Author of "The Great Gamble: The Soviet War in Afghanistan."
  More from MPR
  Duluth soldiers to be deployed to Afghanistan (04/21/2009)
  Obama to announce new course on Afghanistan, Pakistan (03/26/2009)
  Ahmed Rashid at the Commonwealth Club (03/11/2009)
  The escalating war in Afghanistan (03/06/2009)
  Resources
  about Gregory Feifer's book
• Supreme Court rules FCC can fine broadcasters for indecency
  In a key First Amendment ruling today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Federal Communications Commission can fine broadcasters for fleeting expletives. The longtime president of the ACLU spoke on this subject at the University of Minnesota Law School in April.12:00 p.m.
  Guests
  Nadine Strossen: Professor of Law, New York Law School. Former president of the American Civil Liberties Union 1991-2008.
  Resources
  Supreme Court ruling on FCC v. Fox Television
  about Nadine Strossen

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