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Steve Coll on the Afghanistan War and Directorate S
Guest: Steve Coll Afghanistan’s president Ashraf Ghani wants to talk peace with Taliban. He’s offered to forgive their war cri ...
Air Date: March 5, 2018 12:00 am
Listen 49:29Depth of Russian politician’s cultivation of NRA ties revealed
A prominent Kremlin-linked Russian politician has methodically cultivated ties with leaders of the National Rifle Association, and documented efforts in real time.
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Computer teacher with no computers chalks up clever classroom plan
Could you teach computer class without a computer?
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Pentagon dismisses Putin’s boasts about new nuclear weapons
The Pentagon dismissed Putin's boasts about developing a new array of nuclear weapons, saying America's missile defense is ready but is not directed at Russia.
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Putin says Russia has new nuclear weapons that can’t be intercepted
Those weapons include cruise missiles, nuclear-powered underwater drones, and a new hypersonic missile that travels five times the speed of sound.
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Afghan president urges Taliban to talk peace, offering political recognition
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani opened an international conference Wednesday in Kabul with a substantial overture to his government's longtime antagonist.
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Fact check: Sessions vows to probe FISA abuse, but Trump’s patience appears thin
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is trying to defend President Trump in the Russia imbroglio, but Trump has slapped Sessions down — again — for work he says isn't good enough.
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Asian ticks (mysteriously) turned up on a New Jersey sheep
Investigators found hundreds on the sheep and collected nearly a thousand more from the one-acre paddock.
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NSA Chief: U.S. response ‘hasn’t changed the calculus’ of Russian interference
According to Rogers, President Trump has not ordered him to go after the Russian attacks at their origin.
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Bike-share firm hits the brakes in France after ‘mass destruction’ of dockless bikes
France's first dockless bike-sharing program, which launched in October, has shut down operations across the country, citing "the mass destruction" of its fleet.
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Challenge to Murdoch: Comcast also bids for Sky
Comcast's CEO, Brian Roberts, said his company would use Sky as a platform to grow in Europe.
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Automakers say Trump’s anti-NAFTA push could upend their industry
NAFTA touches almost every business sector — few more than the car industry.
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Is it the end of the road for the Manayunk bike race?
For the second straight year, there will be no professional cycling race in Philadelphia.
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On a tense press tour of Guantánamo’s prison complex, signs of expansion
Two days before I left Washington in early February for my first tour inside Guantánamo's prison complex, an email arrived.
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Director of Oscar-nominated Aleppo doc wants his film to serve as witness
The documentary Last Men In Aleppo, by Syrian filmmaker Feras Fayyad, takes viewers inside the city.
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