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• Private military contractors under scrutiny
  Blackwater Worldwide is perhaps one of the higher-profile private military contractors in Iraq, but they're not the only one. Blackwater's involvement in the killing of 17 civilians in Iraq and the subsequent investigations highlight the problem holding soldiers for hire accountable when things go wrong.9:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Mark Hemingway: Staff reporter for National Review Online.
  Steve Fainaru: Foreign service reporter with the Washington Post.
  Resources
  Blackwater USA
  Mark Hemingway's Archive on National Review Online
  Hemingway: "Warriors for Hire", Weekly Standard, December 18, 2006
  Steve Fainaru: "Where Military Rules Don't Apply"
• Friday Follow: Leroy Sievers' battle against cancer
  Midmorning checks in with Leroy Sievers, who's been blogging about his experience fighting cancer. He tells us about the latest hurdle he's had to jump.9:45 a.m.
  Guests
  Leroy Sievers: Writes the "My Cancer" blog for National Public Radio, and his commentaries can be heard on Morning Edition. He was formerly the executive producer for Nightline.
  More from MPR
  Leroy Sievers (11/28/2006)
  Facing cancer in the public eye (03/30/2007)
• Fighting global warming by manipulating the climate
  Mirrors in space? Dispersing sulfur into the stratosphere? These are just some of the ideas that have been suggested as a last-ditch effort to combat global warming. But some are concerned that manipulating the climate could be disastrous.10:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Daniel Schrag: Professor of earth and planetary sciences at Harvard University, and director of the Harvard Center for the Environment.
  Ken Caldeira: Climate scientist with the Carnegie Institution's department of global ecology.
  More from MPR
  News Cut: The answers blowin' in the wind
  News Cut: Breathe in! Hold it!
  Resources
  About Daniel Schrag
  About Ken Caldeira
  Should We Study Geoengineering?

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