National Security

Obama Administration Races To Shore Up Iran Nuclear Deal

6:27pm November 24, 2016

by Michele Kelemen

The Obama administration has little time left to shore up the Iran nuclear deal, a key part of the president's legacy at risk with the incoming Trump administration. Critics of the deal are watching.

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Trump's Proposed Muslim Registry Echoes Bush-Era Program

6:27pm November 24, 2016

If the Trump administration decides to implement a registry for Muslims entering the United States, it has a model: the U.S. put a registration system in place after 9/11. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Muzaffar Chishti, director of the Migration Policy Institute at the NYU School of Law, about the impact of that system.

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Leon Panetta Weighs In On The Shaping Of Trump's Security Team

7:35am November 23, 2016

As Donald Trump moves to name his pick for Defense secretary and secretary of State, David Greene talks to Leon Panetta, who served as CIA director and Defense secretary in the Obama administration.

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NSA Head Meets With Trump Team But Doesn't Give Obama A Heads Up

7:58am November 22, 2016

David Greene talks to Foreign Policy columnist James Bamford about the future of NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers, whose tenure has been rocked by cyber-security breaches of classified material.

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Former Transition Team Member Describes Trump's National Security Plan

5:46pm November 21, 2016

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, about his experience on the Trump transition team and his decision to leave the team last week.

President-elect Donald Trump and vice president-elect Mike Pence at Trump International Golf Club in Bedminster Township, New Jersey.

On Waterboarding, A President Trump Could Face Resistance From Some Republicans

2:46pm November 21, 2016

by Tamara Keith

"If they started waterboarding, I swear to you there's a whole bunch of us that would have them in court in a New York minute," said Sen. John McCain.

This undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Nov. 11 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un at a defense detachment on Mahap Islet.

How Uncertainty In The Korean Peninsula Could Be A 'Recipe for Disaster'

11:00am November 21, 2016

by Elise Hu

President-elect Trump's statements on North Korea have reflected contradictory aims. Political turmoil in South Korea and Pyongyang's nuclear capability make for a mix that worries Korea-watchers.

Ret. Army Gen. Jack Keane Says He Declined Trump's Defense Secretary Offer

9:34am November 20, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump has made two top national security appointments. Rachel Martin speaks with retired Gen. Keane about what those choices say about his administration's foreign policy.

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U.S. Immigrant Youths Fear Deportation Under Trump

9:29am November 20, 2016

by Wade Goodwyn

President-elect Donald Trump vows his administration will deport millions of immigrants who are in this country illegally. In Texas that has frightened hundreds of thousands of so-called "dreamers."

How Misspellings Caught A Spy

5:21pm November 19, 2016

Yudhijit Bhattacharjee discusses his book The Spy Who Couldn't Spell, a real-life spy thriller about an American would-be traitor and the FBI agent hot on his trail.