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War & Conflict

• Nuclear weapons worldwide
  Nuclear weapons expert Joseph Cirincione joins Midday to discuss the global distribution of weapons of mass destruction.Midday, June 11, 2008
• A tribute to Pat Tillman
  Mary Tillman writes about her son Pat Tillman, the former football star and and Army Ranger who was killed in the Iraq war, in her new book, "Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman." She discussed her son and the circumstances around his death recently at the Commonwealth Club of California.Midday, June 10, 2008
• Liberians tell stories of torture, pain
  Minnesota will host Liberians from across the United States who are coming here to describe their lives since they fled their homeland.June 9, 2008
• Exiled Anuak confront Ethiopian official in Minn.
  Only five questions were allowed, but in the end that was enough for exiled members of Ethiopia's Anuak minority to put Omot Obang Olom in a tough spot.May 31, 2008
• Exiled Anuak prepare to confront Ethiopian official in Minn.
  Being in the same Minneapolis hotel building is about as close as Peter Omot wants to get to Omot Obang Olom, the Ethiopian official he holds responsible for the massacre of more than 400 of his ethnic kin.May 30, 2008
• Real World: U.S. Aircraft Carrier
  It's been called a floating high school. And it's an integral part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.May 30, 2008
• 'Breathing the Fire: Fighting to Report and Survive in Iraq'
  It's been two years since Award-winning correspondent for CBS News Kimberly Dozier was struck by a car bomb in Baghdad while covering a story. Her new book, "Breathing the Fire: Fighting to Report and Survive in Iraq," details her experience.Midday, May 27, 2008
• Cannon Falls man searches for MIA troops
  Eighty-year-old Bryan Moon returned from the jungles of Papua-New Guinea with another 21 dog tags.May 27, 2008
• Thousands gather to honor fallen soldiers
  Thousands of veterans, family members and civilians attended the Memorial Day celebration at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery near the Twin Cities airport.May 26, 2008
• Remembering our region's most recently departed soldiers
  Since Memorial Day 2007, 11 members of the U.S. military with strong ties to our region have died in the line of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. On this Memorial Day 2008, All Things Considered presents a tiny glimpse of who they were.May 26, 2008
• Duluth doctor remembers his service in a MASH
  A Duluth doctor recalls serving in an Army MASH unit in the Korean War. His experience was similar to the popular M*A*S*H television show of the 1970s.May 26, 2008
• Group to give out 1,000 more grants to soldiers this year
  More than 650 Minnesotan soldiers have received cash "thank you" grants from the Minnesotans' Military Appreciation Fund this year.May 26, 2008
• 'War and Place'
  From Tom Brokaw's visits to Normandy and Pearl Harbor to the analysis of war films by a former marine, "Liner Notes: War and Place" examines war and the memorials used to mark soldiers' sacrifice.Midday, May 26, 2008
• Minnesota's stories of military heroism
  To mark Memorial Day, Midday features the stories of three Minnesotans who won the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award, as well as a World War II survival account of this country's worst naval disaster at sea.Midday, May 26, 2008
• Gen. Casey praises new cannon in Minnesota
  The Army's top general said he saw the future when looking at a new artillery vehicle that can hit a target over the horizon while remaining lighter, faster and more fuel efficient than the vehicle it will replace.May 24, 2008

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