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    Hagel Nomination to Face GOP Challenge

    Jan 08, 2013 02:41 PM EST

    ... hurt Israel." He also defended his opposition to unilateral sanctions toward Iran, contending that measures implemented by the United Nations were working and that a U.S.-only approach would have isolated the country. "I fully recognize that confirmation is up to the Senate. All I ask is a fair ...

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    Veterans Face Uphill Battle for Benefits When Field Records Are Lost, Destroyed

    Nov 12, 2012 11:36 PM EST

    ... unexpected uphill battle as they fight for benefits. According to a new report by the nonprofit online news organization ProPublica and The Seattle times, the U.S. government sometimes has no official record that men and women actually served overseas. It sounds unlikely, but an investigation by the two news ...

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    Shields and Brooks Debrief on the Town Hall Debate, George McGovern's Legacy

    Oct 19, 2012 10:42 PM EST

    ... women as a group... JEFFREY BROWN: Why not? DAVID BROOKS: And why not? JEFFREY BROWN: Because here we are. DAVID BROOKS: It's easy for us to say. There are a couple of different demographics. It seems to me all that talk about Planned Parenthood appeals more toward college-educated ...

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    Remembering Mike Wallace, Legendary '60 Minutes' Interrogator

    Apr 09, 2012 10:33 PM EST

    ... the year before his assassination. MIKE WALLACE: Are you the least bit afraid of what might happen to you as a result of making these revelations? MALCOLM X, civil rights leader: Oh, yes. I probably am a dead man already. KWAME HOLMAN:  Then came the years with "60 Minutes" and ...

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    The Power of the Telenovela

    Jan 25, 2012 10:30 PM EST

    ... diaspora of talented Cuban actors, writers and producers that scattered through Latin America and began melding the American product with Latin American storytelling. But unlike U.S. soap operas, which ran for decades, telenovelas have a contained story arc, ending after a few seasons. This makes them highly marketable and ...

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    Cambodians Confront the Past in Second Major Khmer Rouge Trial

    Nov 25, 2011 08:05 PM EST

    ... he blames a secret U.S. bombing campaign for the rise of the Khmer Rouge and asked that King Sihanouk and Henry Kissinger, who was U.S. national security adviser and secretary of state in the last years of the Vietnam War, be brought to trial. His defense team said ...

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    Big Sky Country Struggles With Yellowstone Oil Spill Aftermath

    Jul 08, 2011 10:33 PM EST

    In Montana, contractors have been working 12 hours a day to soak up what they can of the estimated 42,000 gallons of crude oil that escaped into the Yellowstone River from a broken ExxonMobil pipeline. Correspondent Tom Bearden reports from Laurel, Mont., on the cleanup effort and health concerns for humans and wildlife.

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    Killing Bin Laden: A 'Routine Mission' for War-Tested SEALs

    May 06, 2011 10:09 PM EST

    President Obama praised troops Friday at Fort Campbell, Ky., after a big victory in the long war against al-Qaida. Ray Suarez discusses the special military units that brought down Osama bin Laden with retired Navy Cmdr. Ryan Zinke, a former SEAL Team Six member, and retired Army Col. Kalev Sepp, a former Special Forces officer.

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    At Fort Hood, Wounded Soldiers' Mission Is to Heal

    Sep 09, 2010 09:05 PM EST

    Fort Hood, the largest Army base in the United States, houses a Wounded Warrior Transition Brigade, where injured soldiers are nursed back to health and returned to the field or to civilian life.

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    Essay: Overexposed

    Jun 29, 2004 04:00 AM EST

    Essayist Roger Rosenblatt reflects on the release of photographs of inmate abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad and says that seeing is not always the only element in believing.