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• Terrorism: the long war
  In a forthcoming plan for re-shaping the military, the Defense Department argues that America needs to get used to a new kind of war: "the long war." But speaking Thursday at the National Press Club in Washington, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said the war on terror, like the Cold War, will eventually end.Midday, February 3, 2006
• "Black Hawk Down" author talks about Iran's hostage crisis
  His chronicle of a mission gone awry in Somalia told everything many people knew about U.S. involvement there. Now former Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Mark Bowden looks back at the Iranian hostage crisis, which ended 25 years ago.February 2, 2006
• In Palestinian ballot boxes, unpleasant news for Israel and the U.S.
  Hamas, the Palestinian party militantly opposed to Israel, has been swept to power in Palestinian parliamentary elections. What does the Hamas victory mean for the U.S., Israel, Middle East peace and the Palestinian people?January 27, 2006
• Journalists as targets
  Reporters sign on to a certain amount of risk when they report in war zones. But the kidnappings in Iraq are causing some journalists to re-think coverage of the war. Photo by MEHDI FEDOUACH/AFP/Getty ImagesJanuary 25, 2006
• Examining the rationale for war
  An award-winning documentary argues the war in Iraq was caused by the military-industrial complex, first identified in the 1950s.January 23, 2006
• Center for Victims of Torture wins humanitarian award
  A team from the Minneapolis-based Center for Victims of Torture has received an international humanitarian award for its work with war-traumatized refugees in west Africa.January 17, 2006
• Trouble brewing in Iran?
  European negotiators declared Thursday that two-and-a-half years of talks over Iran's nuclear program have reached a dead end, and they recommended Iran be referred to the United Nations Security Council, which could impose sanctions. Iran's new hardline president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has said that Iran just wants to make nuclear power plants, but he has also called for Israel to be "wiped off the map."January 13, 2006
• VA secretary checks in on Minnesota vets
  The head of the U.S. Veterans Affairs Department, James Nicholson, is visiting veterans medical centers in the state. In Minneapolis, Nicholson met with patients and toured the Veterans Medical Center, where a redesigned trauma unit is set to open.January 11, 2006
• Ethnic divisions plague the Iraqi army
  A series of reports by the Knight Ridder newspaper chain shows that ethnic divisions reign in Iraq's fledgling military. The stories indicate that over 10,000 Kurdish militia members have infiltrated the army in order to fight for Kurdish independence. The articles also explain how the low numbers of Sunnis in Iraq's armed forces have fueled the insurgency.January 3, 2006
• St. Paul officer part of complex contractor industry
  When a roadside bomb killed St. Paul Police Officer Kyle Kaszynski Thursday morning in Baghdad, Kaszynski died in the line of duty. But his duty at that moment was to a private security firm, Crucible Inc.December 23, 2005
• Marine who loved explosives felt he was helping save lives
  Marine Staff Sgt. Kenneth Pospisil's sister laughed when she remembered last Christmas - when Pospisil hugged his father so hard, the older man briefly passed out and had to spend the night at a hospital. Pospisil, who was known as Blake, died Dec. 14 when a bomb went off near Al Ramadi.December 23, 2005
• St. Paul police officer killed in Iraq bombing
  A St. Paul police officer was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq on Thursday, his department announced.December 22, 2005
• Sunnis and secular Shiites claim election fraud
  Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and other secular Shiites are joining forces with Sunni Arab groups and are threatening to boycott Iraq's new parliament. They say Iraq's Dec. 15 elections were marred by fraud and forgery, and they want an international body to investigate. What do their charges mean for Iraq's fledgling democracy?December 22, 2005
• A mother's protest
  The mother of a Minnesota National Guard soldier is upset that her son had to leave college to train for possible deployment to Iraq. After talking with Gov. Pawlenty on Thursday, she protested, by herself, on the Capitol steps.December 22, 2005
• The Iraq war: run up and reconstruction
  Author and journalist George Packer says he's a liberal who was receptive to the idea of invading Iraq for humanitarian reasons, but he calls the conduct of the war "a disaster." Packer, who wrote "The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq," spoke in November at the Commonwealth Club of California.December 20, 2005

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