National Security

Hillary Clinton stands for a portrait in San Antonio.

'Top Secret' Email Revelation Changes 'Nothing,' Clinton Says

7:56pm January 20, 2016

by Jessica Taylor

The former secretary of state says a new report that some emails on her private server exceeded the "Top Secret" classification is "an effort to inject" controversy into her campaign.

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Gun Stocks Up, But Activists Move To Expand Anti-Investment Push

2:29pm January 20, 2016

by Joel Rose

Instead of pushing for new gun laws, anti-gun activists want supporters to pull big gun retailers like Wal-Mart from their investment portfolios. But experts say it might not be effective.

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U.S. troops from the 82nd Airborne receive rifles in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in 1982. For decades, U.S. troops have been part of the multinational peacekeeping force in the Sinai Peninsula designed to ensure the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. Whil

A Place Where U.S. Troops Are Very Close To ISIS

11:51am January 20, 2016

by Tom Bowman

U.S. peacekeeping troops have been based for decades in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, where the greatest danger was often sunburn. But with extremists now nearby, the mission has become far riskier.

After Nuclear Implementation Day, What's Next For U.S.-Iranian Relations?

4:34pm January 19, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Suzanne Maloney, senior fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, about the evolving U.S.-Iran relationship.

Latest Implications For Iran Prisoner Exchange

2:02pm January 17, 2016

Iran has released five Americans in what is an apparent prisoner swap. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to foreign affairs analyst Robin Wright about the exchange and the diplomatic gamble.

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Iranian Reaction To Implementation Day

11:39am January 17, 2016

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to the New York Times correspondent in Tehran, Thomas Erdbrink.

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Pentagon Transfers 10 Gitmo Detainees To Oman

6:42pm January 14, 2016

by David Welna

The Pentagon on Thursday transferred 10 detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Oman in the largest single transfer to a single country under the Obama administration. There are also reports 30 more people could be transferred out of the detention center by this summer, and the administration wants to move the balance of the prisoners to the United States.

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Human Rights Groups Criticize Use Of Cluster Bombs In Yemen Conflict

5:21pm January 14, 2016

by Jackie Northam

Human rights groups say there has been a marked increase in the number of Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen recently. Many are worried about the use of American-made cluster bombs in civilian areas, which could pull the U.S. further into the conflict.

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A June 2013 photo shows a cell at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Fourteen prisoners have been transferred in the past two weeks, bringing the total number of detainees below 100 for the first time since the facility opened in 2002.

With Latest Transfers, Guantanamo Now Holds Fewer Than 100 Detainees

1:23pm January 14, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

A total of 14 detainees have been transferred to Kuwait, Ghana, Saudi Arabia and Oman in the past two weeks. That leaves 93 detainees at the military prison in Cuba.

Cubans Rush To U.S. Ahead Of Potential Changes To Immigration Policy

7:25pm January 13, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Marc Rosenblum, deputy director of U.S. Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute, about why the U.S. policy for Cuban migrants is different from others.

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