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• What Killed Sergeant Gray?
  An American RadioWorks investigation into the abuse of Iraqi detainees and the psychological effect on American soldiers has won the silver Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award. Midday features that documentary, which follows members of a U.S. Army unit and their struggle to come to terms with what they did, and didn't do, in Iraq.Midday, January 15, 2010
• Franken 'cautiously optimistic' about Afghanistan
  DFL U.S. Sen. Al Franken is offering cautious support of President Obama's plan to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan to fight the Taliban.January 13, 2010
• Remembering Miep Gies
  Miep Gies, the woman who helped hide Anne Frank from the Nazis and later saved Anne's diary, died this week in Amsterdam. She was 100 years old. Midday features a remembrance of Gies, plus an excerpt from an interview with Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel.Midday, January 13, 2010
• Suspect in missing Somalis case in court in Mpls
  A Somali man was in federal court in Minneapolis Tuesday, challenging charges that he lied to the FBI in a case related to the disappearance of local Somali men.January 12, 2010
• Former ambassador sheds light on Yemen
  Former U.S. Ambassador to Yemen, Barbara Bodine, describes the history, culture, economy and politics of the country that is a new focus of the war against Al-Qaida.Midday, January 12, 2010
• Two war journalists talk about the war in Afghanistan
  A new poll of people in Afghanistan suggests a majority support increased troop numbers there. Two journalists who covered conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan talk about the challenges of working in Afghanistan and what the next stage of troop buildup will do.Midmorning, January 12, 2010
• AP: Increase in suicide rate of vets
  The suicide rate among 18- to 29-year-old men who've left the military has gone up significantly, the government said Monday.January 11, 2010
• Nearly 200 Minn. reservists heading to Iraq soon
  Almost 200 Minnesota-based soldiers are preparing to ship out to Iraq in two weeks.January 9, 2010
• Franken wants to visit Afghanistan before deciding on Obama plan
  DFL U.S. Sen. Al Franken says he wants to visit Afghanistan to gather more information about President Obama's plan to send 30,000 more troops to the region.January 7, 2010
• Obama: 'Buck stops with me' on security
  President Barack Obama says when it comes to terror threats against the nation, "the buck stops with me." And he's ordering changes in the way information on potential threats is handled.January 7, 2010
• Chairman of Joint Chiefs takes questions from students
  Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke recently at George Washington University about the state of the U.S. military. He answered questions from college students about national security, intelligence failures, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.Midday, January 7, 2010
• Gaps in terrorist information and what it will take to close them
  President Obama says the gaps in intelligence that allowed a Nigerian man on board a Northwest Airlines flight with explosive components were inexcusable. He also says the government is collecting the correct information but not connecting the dots. Three experts on national security successes and failures talk about what needs to be done to better prevent the near disaster on Christmas day.Midmorning, January 6, 2010
• 'Beyond the Yellow Ribbon' participants honored at ceremony
  Minnesota National Guard officials are honoring several participants in its Beyond the Yellow Ribbon program.January 5, 2010
• Obama says 'dots' not connected in airline attack
  President Barack Obama says the nation's security system failed in a "potentially disastrous way" when a man was able to get on a Detroit-bound plane carrying an explosive.January 5, 2010
• Is America to blame for Mexico's drug war?
  An "Intelligence Squared" debate features three panelists for, and three panelists against, the proposition: America is to blame for Mexico's drug war.Midday, January 5, 2010

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