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• Vets, families urge Bush administration to do more to protect troops
  A group of Minnesota veterans is calling for a congressional inquiry into whether troops in Iraq have adequate supplies and protective equipment.December 14, 2004
• The tug of war over Iran
  Negotiations continue over whether and how Iran will abandon its alleged nuclear weapons program. But the country, which George W. Bush pegged as one of three in the "Axis of Evil," is also engaged in an internal political struggle between moderate reformists and conservative hardliners. Which side will win out in next May's elections, and what impact will the outcome have on Iran's relationship to the international community?December 14, 2004
• Sen. Norm Coleman
  Sen. Norm Coleman made national headlines last week when he called for Kofi Annan, the secretary general of the United Nations, to resign his post. Coleman chairs a senate subcommittee that is investigating the Oil-for-Food program the U.N. conducted in Iraq from 1995-2003. Coleman said that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein diverted some $21 billion from the program for his own purposes in "the most extensive fraud in the history of the U.N."December 9, 2004
• Minnesota vet remembers Pearl Harbor
  Ralph Krafnick of St. Cloud was getting ready to play a morning baseball game 63 years ago Tuesday. His team was made up of crew members from the USS New Orleans, docked at Pearl Harbor. The morning attack stopped their weekly baseball game, sunk 18 ships, killed 2,400 soldiers and cast the U.S. into World War II. For Krafnick, 87, the memory of that day is clear.December 7, 2004
• America's intelligence overhaul
  Congressional leaders say they have resolved their disagreements and are poised to pass a sweeping intelligence reform bill based on the recommendations of the 9-11 Commission. What was the hold up in overhauling the U.S. intelligence services? What did Congress finally agree to? Will it be effective in preventing future terrorist attacks?December 7, 2004
• Is it time to overhaul the United Nations?
  A new report proposes sweeping changes to the Untied Nations. An international panel has laid out 101 recommendations, including expansion of the Security Council.December 3, 2004
• When women go to war
  Even though 20 percent of the Minnesota National Guard troops on active duty are women, it's still hard to send a wife, a mother, a sister or a daughter to a dangerous place. And for the family back home, it's especially difficult.December 2, 2004
• Life after war
  Thousands of National Guard troops from around the region left jobs and families to serve in Iraq. These citizen soldiers return to a hero's welcome, but often find resuming a "normal life" isn't easy.December 2, 2004
• On the ground in Sudan
  It has been nearly two years since fighting broke out in the Darfur region of the East African country of Sudan, killing tens of thousands, and the death toll continues to rise. The United Nations estimates that approximately 1.6 million people have been left homeless. Three weeks ago, the Arab-dominated Sudanese government and predominately Black rebel fighters agreed to a cease-fire, but tensions remain high and fighting continues. What are the roots of the conflict, and what can be done to staunch the bloodshed?December 1, 2004
• Should Ukraine's elections be repeated?
  The election turmoil in Ukraine threatens to further disrupt the country and throw relations between the United States and Russia into a Cold War-like situation.December 1, 2004
• Ridge stepping down as head of homeland security
  Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, whose name became synonymous with color-coded terror alerts and tutorials to the public about how to prepare for possible attack, is resigning. Ridge said Tuesday afternoon the decision was a difficult one.November 30, 2004
• The Few Who Stayed: Defying Genocide in Rwanda
  In April 1994, the central African nation of Rwanda exploded in violence. Over the course of 100 days, some 800,000 people died at the hands of Rwandan government troops and militia gangs. Virtually all of the victims belonged to the ethnic Tutsi minority. The killers were from the majority Hutu. Ten years later, the genocide is remembered as a story of neighbors killing neighbors, and the slaughter of innocents, while the rest of the world looked away. But there are other stories. Some Rwandans, Hutu and Tutsi, resisted the forces of genocide. This American RadioWorks documentary tells their story.November 30, 2004
• The Persian Puzzle
  Author Ken Pollack discusses the future of relations between the United States and Iran. The former CIA Persian Gulf military analyst also examines the likelihood that Iran will obtain nuclear weapons.November 29, 2004
• Trying to make peace
  Security in Iraq is becoming more crucial as the interim government tries to convince Iraqis that elections can be held at the end of January. An expert on peacekeeping says the best time for building security may have passed.November 26, 2004
• Transformations in NATO and the European Command
  Gen. James Jones, Commander of the United States European Command discusses the transformation of NATO and European Command in a live address from the National Press Club in Washington.November 23, 2004

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