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War & Conflict

• Do soldiers have the right to dissent?
  Midmorning examines whether freedom of speech should still apply to soldiers serving in war, and speaking out against their mission.Midmorning, August 29, 2007
• President Bush defends Iraq strategy
  President Bush said Tuesday that withdrawing U.S. forces from Iraq would allow the Middle East to be taken over by extremist forces, and would put the security of the United States in jeopardy.Midday, August 28, 2007
• Iraq's political leadership and security
  Georgetown political scientist and military expert analyzes the security and political progress in Iraq. The latest National Intelligence Estimate says the Iraqi government will become more precarious, and Iraq's security forces are improving but cannot function without outside help.Midday, August 27, 2007
• Is al-Maliki on the way out?
  President Bush says Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki still has his support. But the embattled Shiite Iraqi leader is losing support from others in the region.Midmorning, August 23, 2007
• The protesting rages on
  War protests have done little to stop the war in Iraq. Why do people continue to stand on the street with peace signs?August 22, 2007
• The implications of The Terrorism Index
  According to a recent survey, more than half of top U.S. foreign policy experts oppose a troop increase in Iraq. Midmorning takes a closer look at the August 2007 Terrorism Index and the assessment of the U.S. war on terror.Midmorning, August 21, 2007
• A journalist's homecoming from Iraq
  A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist comes home after five years of reporting from Iraq. John Burns, who writes for the New York Times, shares his hopes for the country, journalists covering the war, and the wife he leaves behind in Baghdad.Midmorning, August 16, 2007
• A war correspondent reflects on his time in Iraq
  A Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and Baghdad bureau chief comes home after five years of reporting from Iraq. John Burns shares his hopes for the country, his thoughts on covering the war, and his feelings about the wife he leaves behind in Baghdad.August 15, 2007
• Former commander in Iraq assesses the war
  Gen. George Casey served as the top commander for U.S. troops in Iraq from July 1, 2004 to Feb. 10, 2007, when Gen. David Petraeus replaced him. Casey is now Chief of Staff of the United States Army. He speaks about the status of the Iraq war at the National Press Club.Midday, August 14, 2007
• What's next for Iraq?
  Thomas Ricks, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and author of "FIASCO: The American Military Adventure in Iraq," says the Bush administration's troop surge is not working.Midday, August 13, 2007
• Soldier from North Mankato killed in Iraq
  Army Staff Sgt. Jacob Thompson, who grew up in North Mankato, is the latest Minnesota solider to die in Iraq. Thompson was killed this week in Baqubah during a house-to-house search.August 8, 2007
• Missing weapons in Iraq may be helping the insurgency
  The GAO, an investigative arm of Congress, says 30 percent of weapons given to Iraqi forces are now missing. Previous government audits also have found small arms might be falling into the hands of insurgents.Midmorning, August 7, 2007
• The rise of the Taliban threat in Afghanistan
  President Bush and Afghan President Hamid Karzai are wrapping up two days of talks at Camp David. The two leaders have been discussing a renewed Taliban threat in Afghanistan, the booming poppy production, poverty and other issues facing the country.Midday, August 6, 2007
• Vets group runs ads in support of Coleman
  A group called Vets for Freedom says it will air television ads throughout much of Minnesota thanking Republican Sen. Norm Coleman for his support of the president's strategy in Iraq.August 2, 2007
• New hot line to aid Minnesota veterans, families
  The hot line is designed to make it easier for veterans to find services or to get immediate crisis intervention. Veterans who call the line will be transferred to the proper agency for help.August 1, 2007

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