National Security

U.S. Army Sergeant: 'Excited,' 'Intrigued,' By Women Completing Ranger Course

7:06pm August 18, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Sgt. Janiece Marquez, who worked alongside Green Berets in Afghanistan, about whether this is a victory for those seeking to change the gendering within Army policy.

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For The First Time, Female Soldiers To Graduate From Army's Ranger School

7:02pm August 18, 2015

by Tom Bowman

The Army says two female lieutenants in their 20s will graduate from Ranger School this week. Ranger training is some of the toughest in the Army, physically and mentally.

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Two Women On The Final Stage Of Army Ranger Training

1:31am August 18, 2015

Two soldiers are poised to become the first women to pass Army Ranger training. NPR's Rachel Martin interviews Christian Science Monitor reporter Anna Mulrine, who witnessed their grueling tests.

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A man using a mobile phone walks past an AT&T store, in June. The New York Times and ProPublica report that the telecom giant helped the NSA spy for decades.

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Report: AT&T Had Long, 'Highly Collaborative' Partnership With NSA

4:43pm August 15, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The New York Times and ProPublica examined documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. They reveal an extensive relationship between the spy agency and the telecom giant.

Iowa State Fair Goers Grill Jeb Bush On Brother's Role In Iraq

7:17pm August 14, 2015

by Sarah McCammon

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush campaigned at the Iowa State Fair on Friday and took questions at the Des Moines Register's Soapbox. He was asked about the Iraq War.

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Japanese Prime Minister Expresses 'Profound Grief' For WWII Aggression

6:21pm August 14, 2015

by Anthony Kuhn

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issued a statement Friday marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Asian countries, who were invaded by Japan during the war, closely watched the speech.

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U.S. Investigates Reports ISIS Used Chemical Weapons In Attack On Kurds

6:21pm August 14, 2015

by Tom Bowman

The United States is investigating reports that self-declared Islamic State fighters used a chemical agent, possibly mustard gas, in an attack on Kurdish forces in Iraq earlier this week.

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'New York Times': Islamic State Uses Quran To Justify Rape Of Yazidi Women

11:12pm August 13, 2015

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with New York Times foreign correspondent Rukmini Callimachi about an entrenched system in which ISIS glorifies sexual slavery. She interviewed 21 escaped victims.

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Poet Richard Blanco On U.S., Cuba: 'We All Belong To The Sea Between Us'

6:55pm August 13, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Blanco, who was born to a Cuban exile family and read at President Obama's second inauguration, about the poem he will read at the reopening of the U.S. Embassy in Cuba.

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Peter Beinart: GOP Uses The Surge To Squash Doubts About The Iraq Invasion

3:44pm August 13, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Peter Beinart of The Atlantic about the Republican Party's increasingly vocal criticism of the Obama administration's foreign policy failures in Iraq.

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