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War & Conflict

• President George W. Bush at the United Nations
  President George W. Bush addresses the United Nations on Tuesday. In his weekly radio address, Bush promised to "talk about the great possibilities of our time to improve health, expand prosperity and extend freedom in the world." He said the United States is determined "to spread hope and economic progress and freedom as the alternatives to hatreds, resentments and terrorist violence."September 21, 2004
• The U.S. and the U.N.
  Last week U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan called the Iraq war "illegal," an accusation that the U.S. state department rejected. Indeed, the conflict in Iraq has underscored the long and contentious relationship between the United States and the United Nations. What role will the U.N. have in the 21st century?September 21, 2004
• Bush tells U.N. the Iraqi invasion was justified
  President Bush defended his decision to invade Iraq in a speech on Tuesday to the United Nations, urging the world community to turn its attention to the fighting the war on terrorism and humanitarian concerns. He told a subdued U.N. General Assembly session that the U.S.-led overthrow of Saddam Hussein delivered the Iraqi people from "an outlawed dictator."September 21, 2004
• John Kerry's four-point plan for Iraq
  Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry outlined his four-point plan for dealing with the War in Iraq at New York University, Monday. Kerry proposed to increase international contributions to the effort, expand the training of Iraqi police and security forces, provide jobs and tangible benefits to the Iraqi people and ensure that the country can hold democratic elections next year.September 20, 2004
• Bush defends Iraq policy amid bipartisan criticism
  President Bush, buffeted by criticism from Democratic Sen. John Kerry and even some in his own party on Iraq, is urging U.S. voters to stick with him on the war in the face of surging violence.September 20, 2004
• Kerry says Bush handling of war threatens unending fight; he offers four-point plan
  Sen. John Kerry said Monday that mistakes by President Bush in invading Iraq could lead to unending war and that no responsible commander in chief would have begun the war knowing Saddam Hussein didn't possess weapons of mass destruction and wasn't an imminent threat to the United States.September 20, 2004
• Dissent in America
  During this election season, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been questioning political demonstrators across the country. What is the role of dissent in America today? And are voices of opposition really being stifled?September 16, 2004
• Is peace possible in the Middle East?
  Former U.S. Ambassador Dennis Ross says it's time for the U.S. to reassert itself in the role of peace broker between the Israelis and the Palestinians. In the last three plus years, Ross says, 1,000 Israelis and 3,000 Palestinians have died as a result of the conflict, and he lays partial blame at the feet of the Bush administration for "disengaging" with the situation. "Disengagement didn't work," Ross said in this speech from the Chautauqua Institution in western New York. "Maybe engagement didn't produce peace, but it prevented a war."September 15, 2004
• The deteriorating Iraqi security situation
  On a day when the ongoing violence in Iraq killed over sixty people, the Bush administration said Tuesday that it will ask Congress to shift $3.46 billion from rebuilding projects to bolster security in the country. In announcing the shift, the State Department acknowledged that the growing insurgency in Iraq was in danger of undermining efforts to build democracy there.September 15, 2004
• Henry Kissinger at the City Club Forum
  Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, a strong supporter of the War in Iraq, argues that policy makers often have to make decisions about war and peace based on incomplete information. He says presidents simply don't have the luxury to wait until all the facts are in and that it takes "moral strength to go down a road [the truth of which] only events can prove our disprove." Kissinger spoke earlier this month at the City Club Forum in Cleveland.September 14, 2004
• "A progress report on the Global War on Terror"
  Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld speaks live from the National Press Club in Washington. His speech is entitled "Three Years Later: A Progress Report on the Global War on Terror."September 10, 2004
• Talk to your senator
  Minnesota Sen. Mark Dayton joins substitute host Mike Mulcahy to talk about the the world three years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the upcoming presidential election and politics in general. He also takes questions from MPR listeners.September 10, 2004
• Witnesses to Terror
  During an 18-month investigation, the 9/11 Commission heard extraordinary testimony about the terrorist attacks on America. Witnesses told stories of lucky breaks and deadly errors. The commission pieced together new evidence and new details to tell the most complete story to date of the al Qaeda plot. This new American RadioWorks documentary presents highlights from the commission's hearings.September 8, 2004
• American military death toll in Iraq passes 1,000
  The Associated Press reported Tuesday that over 1,000 American servicemen and women have now died in the Iraq war. We talk about the the ongoing security problems, the rebuilding effort and next year's elections.September 8, 2004
• Witnesses to terror: The 9/11 hearings
  During an 18-month investigation, the 9/11 Commission heard extraordinary testimony about the terrorist attacks on America. Witnesses told stories of lucky breaks and deadly errors. The commission pieced together new evidence and new details to tell the most complete story to date of the al Qaeda plot. A new documentary from American RadioWorks, "Witnesses to Terror," presents highlights from the commission's hearings.September 8, 2004

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