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• 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
• Friday night lights honor vets, families on 9/11
  For the first time, the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks falls on a Friday -- the traditional night for high school football. Some schools are going all out to remember those who died in the attacks and served in the two wars that have followed.September 11, 2009
• Delegates from Najaf, Iraq to visit Minneapolis
  Delegates from Najaf, Iraq will visit Minneapolis this month, as part of the newly established "sister city" relationship between the two cities.September 10, 2009
• President of Somalia to visit Minneapolis
  Somalia's United Nations ambassador says his country's newly elected president plans a tour of U.S. communities with large Somali populations this fall, including Minneapolis.September 9, 2009
• Rep. Walz unsure he would support troop increase
  After returning from Afghanistan, Rep. Tim Walz said Tuesday that he is still not sure if he could support an increase in troops to the region.September 8, 2009
• Fifth Minn. man dies in Somalia
  A fifth Somali-American man from Minnesota was killed in his East African homeland, according to family members.September 5, 2009
• Burnsville soldier remembered for patriotism
  The Department of Defense has confirmed that a 25-year-old Burnsville man was killed on an Army mission in Iraq.September 4, 2009
• World War II on the Air
  CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow and his team of radio reporters broadcast from the rooftops and streets of Europe during WWII, providing Americans with real-time information about the war. On the 70th anniversary of the beginning of WWII, Midday listens back to some of those CBS broadcasts.Midday, September 1, 2009

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