Military
A Pentagon budget like none before: $700 billion
A two-year deal provides what Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says is needed to pull the military out of a slump in combat readiness.
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Dover Airman arrested for raping a minor
An airman stationed at Dover Air Force Based has been arrested for allegedly raping a minor
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Korean Peninsula primer / Dow Jones update
Guests: Mark Zandi, Frank Plantan All eyes will be on the Korean Peninsula beginning Friday, a ...
Air Date: February 7, 2018
Listen 49:29Trump reportedly wants Pentagon to stage military parade down Pennsylvania Ave.
The U.S. has long shied away from such displays of military prowess for fear of being compared to our Cold War enemies. But Trump seems to embrace this symbol of state power.
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Tensions on the Korean Peninsula: a primer
Guests: Frank Plantan All eyes will be on the Korean Peninsula beginning Friday, as the Olympi ...
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Listen 35:30Buried in Trump’s nuclear report: a Russian doomsday weapon
On March 1, 1954, the U.S. conducted its largest nuclear test with a yield of 15 megatons. The new Russian weapon would be up to 100 megatons, according to reports.
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White House says President Trump has signed an executive order to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open
Trump said during his campaign that he wanted to keep Guantanamo open and "load it up with some bad dudes."
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WHYY presents film tracing vets’ cross-country quest for peace of mind
WHYY will host a screening Monday of a documentary that follows two Iraq War veterans on a journey to find peace years after they left the battlefield.
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Officials say 95 killed, 158 wounded in Afghan car bombing
The attacker used the ambulance to get through a security checkpoint in central Kabul, telling police he was taking a patient to a nearby hospital.
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Women in uniform emerge on suburban Philly ballots
In all three of the suburban Congressional races in the Philly suburbs, the Democratic field includes a woman with a military or national security background.
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‘A Foreign Policy for the Left’
Guest: Michael Walzer Most of the discussions taking place among American leftists concern domestic issues, such ...
Air Date: January 24, 2018
Listen 49:28Pa. National Guard facility breaks ground on new training facility
The busiest National Guard training facility in the country has broken ground on a new $11.5 million building, and officials say it was a long time coming.
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As North Korea tensions rise, U.S. Army trains soldiers to fight in tunnels
Officials say the training is expected to take place throughout 2018.
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UD scientist has major role in discovering long-lost military airmen
A serendipitous meeting in 2013 on the Pacific island of Palau culminated in the recent burial of an airman who died during a World War II combat mission.
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Listen 2:06Ex-airman at Dover Air Force Base sentenced for child sex abuse
A former Dover Air Force Base airman been sentenced to 30 months in prison for sexually abusing a teenage runaway.
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