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• The Price of Security
  The government has been criticized for not doing enough to "connect the dots," but it is also being assailed by civil libertarians for undermining the freedoms on which the United States was founded. Ted Koppel hosts a town meeting Sunday evening at 8.September 8, 2006
• The Sonic Memorial Project
  A year after 9/11, they came together: artists, construction workers, bond traders, secretaries, archivists, ironworkers, policemen, widows, firefighters and radio producers. They created a documentary commemorating the World Trade Center and its neighborhood. Their stories are just as moving and relevant on the fifth anniversary as they were on the first.Midday, September 8, 2006
• Rethinking America's approach to security
  Speaking at the National Press Club the day before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., warned: "The real threat comes to this country in the hold of a ship, the belly of a plane, or smuggled into a city in the middle of the night in a vial in a backpack." Biden returned to the Press Club Thursday to propose a new course for America's security, five years after 9/11.Midday, September 7, 2006
• The emotional scars of 9/11
  Pauline Boss is the nation's recognized expert on the concept of "ambiguous loss," and five years ago, she went to New York City to help the families of World Trade Center victims cope with their loss. She has been working with those families, friends and co-workers ever since.Midday, September 7, 2006
• Evaluating Secretary Rumsfeld
  Senate Democrats plan to push for a vote of "no confidence" in Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld this week, saying he's responsible for the failure to stabilize Iraq. The vote would only be symbolic, and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist dismissed it as "political gamesmanship."Midday, September 6, 2006
• Iraq "Fiasco"
  The American led occupation of Iraq has been a series of stumbles leading to a potentially disastrous result, according to a new book.Midmorning, September 5, 2006
• National Guardsman from western Minnesota killed in Iraq
  A National Guard member from northwestern Minnesota has been killed in Iraq. Staff Sgt. Joshua Robert Hanson, 27, of Dent, Minnesota, died Wednesday when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle.September 1, 2006
• Roadside bomb kills Minneapolis soldier
  An Army specialist from Minneapolis was among four soldiers killed when a bomb exploded while they were on a foot patrol in Iraq. Spc. Qixing Lee, 20, died Sunday afternoon in the attack.September 1, 2006
• Another call to duty
  President Bush has authorized the Marine Corps to call on its Individual Ready Reserves and involuntarily return up to 2,500 marines to active duty. Midmorning will take a closer look at what this action means for the military, what it says about the war in Iraq and how involuntary service will impact the relationship between civilians and the military.Midmorning, September 1, 2006
• Comparing the war on terror to World War II
  Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Tuesday compared critics of the war on terror to those who doubted the Nazi threat. "Can we truly afford to believe that somehow, some way, vicious extremists can be appeased?" he asked the National Convention of the American Legion in Salt Lake City.Midday, August 31, 2006
• Twin Ports soldier dies in Iraq
  A young soldier from just south of Superior has died in Iraq. A roadside bomb killed Kenneth Cross of South Range, Wisconsin, on Sunday.August 29, 2006
• An early end to the long war?
  Midmorning talks with the veteran Atlantic Monthly reporter James Fallows about why he thinks America should declare victory in the war on terror.August 28, 2006
• Defining who is a terrorist
  Nearly five years after the 9/11 attacks, the discussion about how to define terrorism continues. Midmorning talks with two terrorism experts about the politics and polemics of terrorism.Midmorning, August 24, 2006
• Dutch F-16s escort NWA flight back to Amsterdam airport
  Dutch F-16s escorted a Northwest Airlines flight bound for India back to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Wednesday after the crew reported some passengers were behaving suspiciously, authorities said. Authorities reportedly detained 12 passengers.August 23, 2006
• Pakistan's dilemma
  Midmorning looks at the tenuous position of Pakistan, an important U.S. ally in the war on terror and a haven for several groups linked to terrorism.Midmorning, August 23, 2006

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