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• From Minnesota -- to the New York Times -- to Iraq
  Minnesota native and New York Times Military Correspondent Eric Schmitt has been to Iraq nine times. He's been to Afghanistan four times. Schmitt spoke about what he's seen in those war zones recently at the Commonwealth Club of California.Midday, June 25, 2007
• Iwo Jima flag raiser dies in Minn.
  Charles W. Lindberg, one of the U.S. Marines who raised the first American flag over Iwo Jima during World War II, has died. He was 86.June 25, 2007
• For some Guard members, a long wait ends
  It was hugs and cheers for 73 members of the Minnesota Army National Guard, their families and supporters in Grand Rapids on Saturday. The soldiers returned home from Iraq.June 23, 2007
• Minnesota soldier killed in Iraq
  Tony Hebert, 20, the son of Robert and Laurie Hebert, was a 2005 graduate of Lincoln High School in Lake City. Robert Hebert said his son was killed but declined to speak further about him.June 22, 2007
• Iran: The looming confrontation
  A new documentary from the America Abroad series looks at the United States' 28-year standoff with Iran, and how that history shapes the current impasse over Iran's controversial nuclear program.Midday, June 21, 2007
• The legal tangle at Guantanamo Bay
  Two Minneapolis lawyers join Midmorning to talk about their representation of Ahcene Zemiri, an Algerian detained at Guantanamo Bay since 2002.Midmorning, June 20, 2007
• Remembering refugees
  There are an estimated 40 million refugees and displaced persons worldwide. That's the entire population of Minnesota -- times 8.June 20, 2007
• The reasons for World Refugee Day
  It's World Refugee Day -- a day designated by the United Nations to raise awareness of the plight of refugees. Refugees account for only a small percentage of nationwide immigration, but Minnesota takes a lot of them.June 20, 2007
• Minnesota National Guard is coming home
  Seventy-five soldiers from Grand Rapids arrived at Fort McCoy in Wisc., yesterday, where they are being demobilized before going home.June 19, 2007
• Welcome home! Now what?
  They'll be home in time for August. Minnesota's 2,600 National Guard troops on extended duty in Iraq will be coming back over the next six weeks. What have they gone through in Iraq, and how will they readjust to civilian life?Midday, June 19, 2007
• Palestinians divided
  What will the clashing of rival Palestinian factions mean for the Palestinian people, Israel and the United States?Midday, June 19, 2007
• An insider's view of Iraq
  The bombing of a shrine sacred to Iraqi Shiites may unleash another stage in the war. An expert on the Middle East looks at what he has observed on multiple visits to Iraq, and what he's told President Bush and Vice President Cheney about what's going on there.Midmorning, June 18, 2007
• Iraq Study Group leaders stand by their plan
  President Bush hinted recently that he considers the proposals of the Iraq Study Group a "plan B" to be implemented after the current troop surge. The group's co-chairs say the plan is still viable, except perhaps having combat troops withdrawn by March. James Baker and Lee Hamilton spoke Monday at the National Press Club.Midday, June 13, 2007
• Austin teens win C-SPAN competition - again
  For the second year in a row, two Austin teens have won C-SPAN's "Student Cam" documentary competition. Last year Anthony Hernandez and Dustin Gillard won the grand prize for their documentary on illegal immigration. This year they took first for their Iraq war video.June 13, 2007
• Former Laotian military general ordered held on coup allegations
  Hundreds of supporters of Hmong leader Vang Pao demonstrated outside a federal courthouse Monday as a magistrate refused to release the former Laotian general on bail while he awaits trial on charges of trying to overthrow Laos' communist government.June 12, 2007

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