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Military

President Trump marks Memorial Day with a speech at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday.
NPR
Politics & Policy

On Memorial Day, Trump honors fallen soldiers and himself

"This is one of the most inappropriate, ignorant and tone-deaf things our Commander-in-Chief could have said on a day like today," tweeted John Kirby

8 years ago

Robert Herendeen, National Park Service ranger, speaks to visitors at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Rangers like Herendeen have the task of collecting items left at the wall — including human remains. (Eslah Attar/NPR)
NPR
Community

Human ashes left at the Vietnam Memorial find a not-final resting place

It's nightfall in D.C., at the end of the evening shift, when the throngs of students on school field trips have slowed to a trickle at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

8 years ago

Lt. Charles Wang
Speak Easy
Lifestyle

Reflections on a Philadelphia war hero and the tragedy of the USS Juneau

Nearly 700 men from the USS Juneau lost their lives, including the five Sullivan brothers. Lt. Charles Wang was the only officer to survive.

8 years ago

A Carlisle Historical Society exhibit depicts the
Community

Army plans to exhume remains of four Carlisle Indian School students

The Carlisle Indian School tried to assimilate Native American children into mainstream American culture, but hundreds died from harsh conditions in the early 1900s.

8 years ago

(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Radio Times
Health

Memorial Day special

Guests: Thomas Childers, Michael Miller, Jacinta Johnson, Winden Rowe, Elyse Fenton Today on the show we’re goi ...

Air Date: May 28, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 50:29
A mortar crew with Mortar Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division, operates a 81 mm mortar for the brigade’s Walk and Shoot, a live-fire exercise to train platoon leaders and forward observers of the brigade’s maneuver battalions on an artillery range at Fort Bragg, N.C., June 9 – 11, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Michael J. MacLeod)
Down the Shore
Community

Joint Base: Expect ‘all kinds of noise’ this weekend

Area residents may experience ground shaking and considerable noise emanating from the base’s ranges.

8 years ago

Injured Iraq war vet Brian Tibbits bikes his way up Monkey Hill in Wilmington in preparation for the Wilmington Grand Prix. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Iraq veteran overcomes war injury to race in Wilmington Grand Prix

Told he might never walk again, Wilmington’s Iraq vet Brian Tibbits will tackle the Monkey Hill Time Trial as part of the Wilmington Grand Prix bike race this weekend.

8 years ago

Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, pauses while testifying at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, May 9, 2018, in Washington.  (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Gina Haspel confirmation hearings

Guests: Amrit Singh, Robert Turner Gina Haspel’s nomination to lead the C.I.A. has revived the public debate ab ...

Air Date: May 11, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:48
Veteran Thomas Fitzinge holding his uniform. (Provided)
The Pulse
Health

Burn pits: A sick veteran waits for science to confirm his suspicions

In his last days in Iraq, Army Specialist Thomas Fitzinger’s job was to burn mounds of garbage. He says he inhaled soot and smoke, and that today his lungs are damaged.

8 years ago

Listen 11:33
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Nuclear decisions

Guests: Dominic Tierney, Bobby Ghosh President Trump faces a decision on the Iran nuclear deal next week. Israeli ...

Air Date: May 3, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:48
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un receives a military briefing
PBS
Politics & Policy

Seoul: North Korea’s Kim vows to shut nuke test site in May

8 years ago

 The Philadelphia skyline (Ashley Hahn / WHYY)
Urban Planning

Army considers 15 cities — including Philadelphia — for home of new Futures Command

The Army says it’s considering 15 cities for the headquarters of its planned ...

8 years ago

In this Saturday, April 14, 2018 file photo, UN vehicles carrying the team of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), arrive at hotel hours after the U.S., France and Britian launched an attack on Syrian facilities for suspected chemical attack against civilians, in Damascus, Syria. The OPCW has been thrust once again into the international limelight by a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in Britain and allegations of a chemical bombardment on the Syrian city of Douma. It is now attempting to investigate, but its experts have not yet been able to visit the scene. (Bassem Mroue/AP Photo, File)
Politics & Policy

UN team fired on at suspected Syria chemical attack site

Gunmen shot at the U.N. team in Douma on Tuesday and detonated an explosive.

8 years ago

A U.N. convoy carrying aid enters Douma, a besieged town in eastern Ghouta, Syria in March. (Mouneb Taim /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Syria systematically harasses medical aid convoys

It's part of the Syrian government's larger strategy to control the flow of aid to conflict zones.

8 years ago

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the damage of the Syrian Scientific Research Center which was attacked by U.S., British and French military strikes to punish President Bashar Assad for suspected chemical attack against civilians, in Barzeh, near Damascus, Syria, Saturday, April 14, 2018. A Syrian military statement said in all, 110 missiles were fired by the U.S., Britain and France and that most of them were shot down or derailed. Russia's military said Syrian air defense units downed 71 out of 103 cruise missiles launched by the U.S. and its allies. (SANA via AP)
Politics & Policy

Trump claims success in Syria, but chemical weapons remain

The Pentagon said the pummeling of three chemical-related facilities left enough others intact to enable the Assad government to use banned weapons against civilians.

8 years ago

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