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• Terrorism assessment becomes political football
  Minnesota U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton is urging the Bush administration to fully release a National intelligence estimate on the war on terror.September 28, 2006
• St. Cloud State professor finds poor security back home in Iraq
  A St. Cloud State University professor who's back in his home country of Iraq says security concerns have kept him from seeing his family.September 27, 2006
• How to rebuild Afghanistan
  Violence is on the rise in Afghanistan, as insurgents are increasingly using roadside and suicide bombings against foreign and Afghan government forces. That's the backdrop for a visit by Afghan President Hamid Karzai to the White House this week.Midday, September 27, 2006
• Iraq war continues even while it loses support
  A new MPR-Pioneer Press poll says only 14 percent of Minnesotans think the Bush administration was right to fight the Iraq war. We get a status check on the Iraq war and the politics surrounding it.Midday, September 27, 2006
• Assessing Afghanistan
  Afghan President Hamid Karzai meets with President Bush Tuesday morning, in preparation for tri-lateral talks Wendsday, which will include Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.Midday, September 26, 2006
• Arguing for a new strategy against terror
  It's been referred to as the "long war," but one longtime observer of national security issues says it might be time for the U.S. to declare an end to the war on terrorism.Midmorning, September 26, 2006
• TSA relaxes carry-on rules for liquids and gels
  Starting Tuesday morning, air travelers coming through the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport will be able to bring small amounts of liquids and gels on planes.September 25, 2006
• Traveling musicians stymied by airport security
  For the past six weeks travellers coming to and from England have been forced to keep their carry-on baggage to a minimum. An inconvenience for some has been a major problem for others, including musicians wanting to travel with their instruments. After a public outcry, those rules are set to change.September 22, 2006
• What terrorists want
  The House Intelligence Committee released a report Wednesday warning that al Qaeda and its affiliates remain a potent enemy in the war on terrorism. The committee's chairman called for a "comprehensive strategy ... to engage [Islamic extremism] on a number of different fronts."Midday, September 21, 2006
• A conversation with David Brooks
  New York Times columnist David Brooks discusses the Bush administration and America's role in the world in a Tuesday conversation at the World Affairs Council in San Francisco.Midday, September 21, 2006
• Children of the Holocaust
  Midmorning talks with two Holocaust survivors about their experiences during World War II, and the difficult process of sharing those memories.Midmorning, September 21, 2006
• Minnesota Liberians may lose protected status
  A period of relative peace in Liberia has prompted U.S. immigration officials to change the status of Libreian refugees in the U.S.September 20, 2006
• Coleman praises Bush's call for moderation in U.N. speech
  Sen. Norm Coleman, one of two members of Congress appointed to represent the United States in the United Nations General Assembly, was at the U.N. for President Bush's speech today. Sen. Coleman spoke to MPR's Tom Crann from New York.September 19, 2006
• Reporting the war
  National Public Radio reporter and newscaster Corey Flintoff says reporting on the Iraq war presents a series of unique challenges with imperfect solutions. Flintoff spoke Monday at Macalester College as part of Minnesota Public Radio's Broadcast Journalist Series.Midday, September 19, 2006
• Bush at the U.N.
  Live coverage and analysis of President Bush's speech to the United Nations General Assembly from National Public Radio and MPR News.Midday, September 19, 2006

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