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Candor and Afghanistan
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Monday, September 21, 2009 at 10:00 am

Vietnam War critic Daniel Ellsberg and Iraq War critic and Colin Powell’s right-hand man, Lawrence Wilkerson, say we need to take a long, hard look at Afghanistan.

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Obama’s War in Afghanistan
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Monday, March 30, 2009 at 10:00 am

A new plan for Afghanistan. Pakistan, too. We’ll look at the Obama strategy and what it’s up against.

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A Soldier’s View of Afghanistan
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 11:00 am

The education of an American soldier, from the battlefield of Afghanistan to the political battlefield at home.

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Tom Ricks on America’s Wars
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 10:00 am

Pulitzer Prize-winning defense writer Tom Ricks on the U.S. military’s lessons from Iraq – and challenge in Afghanistan.

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Pirates and Power at Sea
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Monday, October 6, 2008 at 11:00 am

U.S. warships, Russian warships, and the bold pirates of the Somali coast. We look at high stakes piracy on the high seas.

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Recent Shows
The Future of Aging
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A surge of new strategies to “manage” aging — from diets to testosterone. We’ll get the story.

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Climate, Congress & Copenhagen
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The Copenhagen climate conference is one month away. US climate action is going nowhere in Congress. We’ll look at the global implications of America’s domestic climate politics.

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On Point Blog
California, here we come! And we need your questions!

On Point is headed west!
No, no. Not for good. Only for one show. But it’s a very special show!  The NPR station in Thousand Oaks, California – KCLU – is celebrating their 15th anniversary. We’re lucky to have been on their airwaves for nearly seven years, and they invited us out west to host a live [...]

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For Love of Science – or Money?

A new study supports the idea that U.S. dominance in engineering and science is threatened — but not for lack of training and education. It has more to do with a lack of social and economic incentives.

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Matthew Hoh’s Resignation Letter

Matthew Hoh, a former Marine captain, became the first foreign service official to publicly resign in protest over the war in Afghanistan. The move has generated a lot of reaction. You can read Hoh’s resignation letter, posted by The Washington Post, which reported on it here.

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