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War & Conflict

• al-Qaida appears to grow stronger
  President Bush says while strong, al-Qaida is not as strong as it would be without U.S. military action. Midmorning examines the options the U.S. has to blunt the influence of al-Qaida and other terrorist threats identified in the National Intelligence estimate.Midmorning, July 18, 2007
• Pawlenty welcomes Guard members back home
  The return home from Iraq for members of the Minnesota Army National Guard's 1st Brigade Combat Team is winding down. A planeload of Guardsmen and women got a homecoming welcome back Tuesday morning from the Secretary of the Army and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty.July 17, 2007
• New report finds Al-Qaida is a growing threat
  A new National Intelligence Estimate warns of Al-Qaida's heightened capabilities to mount an attack, possibly on U.S. soil. An expert on terrorism takes a closer look at this new report.Midday, July 17, 2007
• Defining the defense authorization bill
  The Senate continues its debate on the 2008 Defense Authorization bill. Midmorning examines the arguments and the proposed amendments.Midmorning, July 16, 2007
• Hugs and happy reunions
  After nearly two years of deployment in Iraq, and a week of demobilization in Wisconsin, hundreds of Minnesota National Guard soldiers are returning home to the state this week. Reunions are occurring all across the state as families, friends and loved ones of soldiers gather at armories around the region.July 16, 2007
• Four myths about terrorism
  Counterterrorism expert Louise Richardson says there are four big myths about terrorism. In a speech Saturday at the Chautauqua Institution, Richardson sought to debunk the ideas that terrorism is a new phenomenon, limited to Ismalic cultures, irrational and necessarily immoral.Midday, July 16, 2007
• Vang Pao released on bail
  A federal magistrate ordered the alleged ringleader of a plot to overthrow the communist government of Laos released on bail Thursday, letting former Laotian Gen. Vang Pao return to his Southern California home under extremely strict conditions.July 13, 2007
• How much progress is being made in Iraq?
  MPR's Midday looks at the White House report on progress in Iraq, which suggests the Iraqi government is corrput and making little progress.Midday, July 13, 2007
• Coleman won't support troop pullback
  Republican Sen. Norm Coleman says he won't support an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Democrats have been trying to pressure Coleman this week as the Senate debates various amendments about the Iraq war.July 12, 2007
• Bush administration assessment of Iraq is a mixed review
  The Iraqi government has not yet fully met any of 18 goals for political, military and economic reform, the Bush administration said Thursday in an interim report certain to inflame debate in Congress over growing calls for a U.S. troop withdrawal.July 12, 2007
• President Bush comments on Iraq report
  President Bush is expected to talk about an interim report on Iraq at a news conference this morning. He meets with the media at a time when his approval ratings and the public's support of the war are low.Midmorning, July 12, 2007
• Republicans not the only ones taking heat on Iraq
  Some rank and file Democratic voters are expressing frustration that the Democratic majority in Congress isn't doing enough to end the war in Iraq.July 12, 2007
• Operation Military Nomenclature
  You need a lot of things to run a first-rate military campaign, not the least of which is a catchy title.July 11, 2007
• Congress challenges Bush on Iraq
  In the face of criticism from a growing number of Republican lawmakers, President Bush is standing by his Iraq policy.Midday, July 11, 2007
• When the war continues at home
  Minnesota National Guard members are starting to return home from Iraq after serving nearly two years. Midmorning looks at the challenges some of these veterans will face on the home front as they reintegrate into civilian life.Midmorning, July 11, 2007

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