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Daily Video April 05 2017

U.S. condemns chemical weapons attack in Syria

A chemical weapons attack killed dozens of civilians in a town in Idlib province in Syria on Tuesday.

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Daily Video June 23 2015

Military conducted race-based experiments during WWII

The U.S. tested the effects of highly toxic mustard gas on troops in nonconsensual, race-based experiments during World War II, according to a new NPR investigation.

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