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Down the Shore
Politics & Policy

Gov. Murphy signs legislation exempting disabled veterans from beach buggy permit fees

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed legislation that exempts disabled veterans from paying fees to obtain a beach buggy permit in New Jersey.

6 years ago

An Air Force team moves a transfer case containing the remains of one of the young sailors killed after a Saudi military student opened fire at a Pensacola naval base last month. (Cliff Owen/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

U.S. official: A dozen Saudi military students set to be expelled in wake of shooting

About a dozen Saudi nationals receiving military training in the U.S. are expected to be expelled in the wake of a Pentagon review of a Saudi officer who opened fire.

6 years ago

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives to meet with other House Democrats on the morning following Iranian attacks on bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Watch live: House to vote on restraining Trump’s actions against Iran

The Democratic war powers resolution seems certain to pass over solid Republican opposition.

6 years ago

Vice President Mike Pence listens as President Donald Trump delivers a statement on the ballistic missile strike that Iran launched against Iraqi air bases housing U.S. troops, at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
Politics & Policy

Trump says Iran appears to be ‘standing down’ after strike

Speaking from the White House, Trump seemed intent on deescalating the crisis, indicating that he would not retaliate militarily for the strikes

6 years ago

Mourners attend a funeral ceremony for Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and his comrades, who were killed in Iraq in a U.S. drone strike on Friday, in the city of Kerman, Iran, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. The leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guard threatened on Tuesday to
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The U.S. and Iran: 1953 to today

The U.S. and Iran have had fraught relations since the 1950s. Today we'll talk about the decades of conflict, including the recent killing of Qassem Soleimani.

Air Date: January 8, 2020 10:00 am

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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump insists ‘All is well!’ after Iran missile attack

The president is promising to make a statement to the nation Wednesday morning about the increasingly precarious situation with Iran.

6 years ago

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks about Iran, Tuesday Jan. 7, 2020, at the State Department in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Iran strikes back at U.S. with missile attack at bases in Iraq

Iran struck back at the United States for the killing of a top Iranian general, firing a series of surface-to-surface missiles at two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops.

6 years ago

The Unesco-listed cultural site Naqsh-eJanan Square in Isfahan, Iran, in 2014, known for its immense mosques, picturesque bridges and ancient bazaar. (John Moore/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump says he’ll target Iran’s cultural sites. That’s illegal

Iran's cultural heritage is suddenly a topic of urgent global interest

6 years ago

Rep. Dwight Evans
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

‘Cowboy behavior’ vs. ‘better dead’: Philly lawmakers divided over U.S. airstrike in Iran

The prospect of war could have consequences for Pennsylvania as 2020 battleground.

6 years ago

A vehicle burns at Baghdad International Airport following an airstrike in Baghdad on Friday. The Pentagon said the U.S. operation killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force.
(Iraqi Prime Minister Press Office via AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

U.S. kills top Iranian military leader in airstrike

U.S. forces assassinated Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in an airstrike early Friday near the Baghdad International Airport.

6 years ago

Navy midshipmen march onto field ahead of an NCAA college football game between the Army and the Navy in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Community

Navy, Army probes find no racism intent in hand gestures

Military investigations have concluded that hand gestures flashed by West Point cadets during the televised Army-Navy football game were not racist signals.

6 years ago

SERE trainees in a life raft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ariel Owings)
Down the Shore
Community

Military conducts survival training in the Barnegat Bay

The Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) program provides military personnel with training in evading capture, survival skills, and the military code of conduct.

6 years ago

Thousands gather at Lincoln Financial Field for 120th Annual Army-Navy Game on Dec. 14, 2019 in Philadelphia. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Community

Army-Navy game fans try to keep the politics at home

There was the occasional Trump 2020 banner amid team flags at the tailgates, and the president led the coin toss. But patriotism was the point, many said.

6 years ago

(Danny Wild-USA TODAY Sports)
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Army-Navy game shares a rich history in Philadelphia

The two schools face off for the 120th time this Saturday.

6 years ago

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - A U.S. soldier shouts at a cameraman at the scene of a suicide attack in Maimanah, the capital of Faryab province north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. A suicide bomber blew himself up killing at least 10 people, including three NATO service members, officials said, the latest in a string of attacks as spring fighting season gets under way. A senior U.S. defense official has confirmed that two U.S. soldiers were among three NATO forces killed in a suicide bombing in northern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Gul Buddin Elham)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The Afghanistan Papers

Craig Whitlock of The Washington Post has dug deep into the lack of planning, mismanaged money, and cynical politics of the Afghan War, now in it's 18th year.

Air Date: December 12, 2019 10:00 am

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