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South Korea says North fires ballistic missile over Japan

South Korea’s military says North Korea fired a ballistic missile from its capital Pyongyang toward the sea between the Korean Peni ...

9 years ago

A supporter of LGBT rights holds up an 'equality flag' on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, during an event held by Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass. in response to President Donald Trump's declaration that he wants transgender people barred from serving in the U.S. military 'in any capacity,' citing 'tremendous medical costs and disruption.' (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

ACLU sues Trump over transgender military ban

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender individuals joining ...

9 years ago

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform during an air show at Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst in New Jersey. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Air show to draw thousands to Dover Air Force Base

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will headline two days of aerial entertainment celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Air Force. ...

9 years ago

 Afghan national army (ANA) Soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. President Donald Trump will use a nationally televised address to outline for a war-weary nation the strategy he believes will best position the U.S. to eventually declare victory in Afghanistan after 16 years of combat and lives lost. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
National Interest
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From dove to hawk: Trump’s Afghanistan flip flop

When Donald Trump was a tweeting private citizen, he cooed like a dove: “It is time to get out of Afghanistan” and “Afg ...

9 years ago

soldiers in Afghanistan
Radio Times
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Trump makes moves in Afghanistan

Guests: Dan De Luce, Michael Kugelman, Marla Keenan The war in Afghanistan is currently being overseen by its thi ...

Air Date: August 22, 2017

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Arts & Entertainment

Revolution museum teaches how fife and drums were tools of war

The sounds of the fife and drum filled the air outside of the Museum of the American Revolution Saturday with standards like “Yank ...

9 years ago

 The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will perform over Atlantic City at the 2016 air show. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Arts & Entertainment

USAF Thunderbirds to headline 2017 AC Airshow

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will again soar at the shore when the Atlantic City Airshow celebrates its 15th year this Wednesday, Aug ...

9 years ago

 Fife players perform at the grand opening of the Museum of the American Revolution in April. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
Arts & Entertainment

Fife and drum players accompany celebration of Philly museum’s star attraction

On Saturday, fife and drum players from the Delawar ...

9 years ago

Kim Jong Un
Radio Times
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How to deal with North Korea

Guests: Anthony Cordesman, Michael Horowitz, Suzanne Scholte While President Trump has responded to North Korea ...

Air Date: August 15, 2017

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NewsWorks Tonight
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NewsWorks Tonight, August 11, 2017 – Full Show

Dave Davies gives an overview on the republican candidate in Philadelphia’s City Controller race. Joel Wolfram reports that bulldoz ...

Air Date: August 11, 2017

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an equality flag
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Trans service people / private military contractors

Guests: Sheri Swokowski, Heath Fogg Davis, Sean McFate  We’ll begin today’s show discussing ...

Air Date: July 28, 2017

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Arts & Entertainment

Traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall replica in Bucks County this weekend

Over the weekend, a 300-foot replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial will be on display in a baseball field in Penndel, Bucks County. As ...

9 years ago

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Ed Luce
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Ed Luce on ‘The Retreat of Western Liberalism;’ NJ politics update

Guest: Ed Luce Financial Times columnist ...

Air Date: July 5, 2017

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Detail from The Battle of Princeton
Radio Times

Revolutionary War stories

Guests: Jill Lapore, Sarah Vowell, Nathaniel Philbrick For this 4th of July, we’re devoting today’s show to s ...

Air Date: July 4, 2017

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the Tet Offensive
Radio Times
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Mark Bowden on “Hue 1968” and North Korea

Guest: Mark Bowden Historians often point to the battle of Huế, part of the Tet Offensive, as the turning point ...

Air Date: July 3, 2017

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