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• Iraq veterans and families explain the toll of war
  A group of Iraq war veterans and their family members gathered at Minnesota Public Radio Tuesday to discuss the toll the war has taken on their lives, the difficulties they face when they return home and what the rest of us can do to help them.Midday, March 28, 2007
• Spying and Iran
  An acclaimed author and a former Iranian hostage talk about Iran's latest seizure of British sailors, and about the business of gathering intelligence.Midmorning, March 28, 2007
• Soldiers' families speak
  Families of Minnesota soldiers serving in Iraq say they're carrying a heavy burden while their loved ones are away. MPR's Cathy Wurzer talks with the wife of one Minnesota National Guard soldier.March 27, 2007
• The war comes to Frazee
  The small northwest Minnesota town of Frazee is coping with the loss of a Minnesota National Guard soldier killed in Iraq. Sgt. Greg Riewer, 28, was killed on Friday. The vehicle he was traveling in was hit by a roadside bomb.March 25, 2007
• Pentagon apologizes to Minnesota soldier for conditions at Walter Reed hospital
  A former Minnesota Army National Guard officer says when he was at Walter Reed in the summer of 2004, his hospital rooms were unclean and possibly unhealthy.March 25, 2007
• Ellison votes for Iraq spending bill
  Ellison, an anti-war lawmaker, has called for an immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq. But the Minnesota Democrat described the bill as the best chance to end the war.March 23, 2007
• One more vote for Democrats in the House
  Congressman Jim Oberstar now says he'll support the supplemental emergency war spending bill that would set a withdrawal date for U.S. troops from Iraq.March 23, 2007
• Virginia's new Democratic senator makes his press club debut
  U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., was one of six Democrats to pick up a Republican Senate seat in last year's election, giving his party a 51-49 majority. Webb gives a speech about Iraq and the economy Thursday at the National Press Club in Washington.Midday, March 22, 2007
• A divided delegation in the U.S. House
  Debate on the House floor in Washington will focus on a supplemental war spending bill that includes a date to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq. MPR's Cathy Wurzer talks with members of Minnesota's congressional delegation from both sides of the aisle, Republican John Kline and Democrat Betty McCollum.March 22, 2007
• Small Wisconsin town mourns soldier
  The small community of Minong, Wisconsin, is mourning someone described as a nice kid who has died in Iraq -- Marine Lance Cpl. Harry Timberman. Timberman, 20, died Saturday from combat wounds suffered in the Al Anbar Province.March 20, 2007
• The Iraq war's impact on international relations
  Four years into the war, how has America's involvement in Iraq affected its relationship with the rest of the world?Midday, March 20, 2007
• Sen. Klobuchar returns from Iraq
  In her first visit to the country, Sen. Klobuchar spent time in Anbar province and Baghdad. She also talked with lead military commanders and Minnesota National Guard members.March 20, 2007
• How do you think America should proceed in Iraq?
  Minnesota Public Radio listeners offer their thoughts on the choices America faces in Iraq.Midday, March 19, 2007
• What a difference 1,461 days make
  This week marks the fourth anniversary of the Iraq war. What do four years of fighting really add up to?March 19, 2007
• Iraq war enters its fifth year
  On March 19, 2003, President Bush announced that he had begun "military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger." Four years later America remains in Iraq, and the country is divided over how to proceed.Midday, March 19, 2007

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