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May 24, 2013 | NPR · President Obama discussed America's counter-terrorism strategy — including the use of drones and the prison at Guantanamo Bay — during an address at the National Defense University on Thursday. He rejected the idea that the country can fight an open-ended "global war on terror."
 
May 24, 2013 | NPR · In Massachusetts, what's been a relatively lackluster campaign to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State John Kerry is heating up. Veteran Democratic Rep. Ed Markey is running against Republican Gabriel Gomez, a businessman and former Navy SEAL. Gomez is a political newcomer.
 
May 24, 2013 | NPR · David Greene talks to filmmaker Alex Gibney about the new documentary We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks. In 2006, Julian Assange launched WikiLeaks and encouraged anyone in the world to pass on information that might expose government secrets.
 

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May 24, 2013 | NPR · President Obama delivered the commencement address at Annapolis on Friday, challenging the U.S. Naval Academy graduates to help redefine national defense in the 21st century.
 
May 24, 2013 | NPR · Melissa Block speaks with political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times. They discuss highlights from the national security speech delivered by President Obama on Thursday.
 
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May 24, 2013 | NJN · Seven months after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the Jersey Shore, Asbury Park is still waiting for insurance and federal aid money. In the meantime, it borrowed $10 million to repair the waterfront in time for the critical Memorial Day weekend.
 

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May 18, 2013 | NPR · Research shows that prime-time television isn't a bad place to find portrayals of working women. Working moms and working women over 40 are another story.
 

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May 19, 2013 | NPR · Controversies dominated this past week's political headlines, leaving the Obama White House on the defensive, trying to contain any lasting damage. Host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Mara Liasson.
 

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Apr 23, 2013 — The NPR Science desk and Morning Edition have teamed up for a series about one of the world's most celebrated and powerful beans (or berries really). It's Coffee Week, and we're getting in on the fun with a few mug shots. See if you can match these mugs with NPR mugs.
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Feb 28, 2013 — Hear comedian Mel Brooks tell NPR Host Renee Montagne about his long career in comedy, which song he's particularly proud of, and the movie he says went a little too far with the vulgar humor. And for the finale, a display of NPR love.
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Jan 31, 2013 — Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite have been talking about making an album together for 10 years, and now it's out. They came in to talk to NPR host Steve Inskeep for Morning Edition about harmonica playing, song writing, and Muddy Waters. The guys even had a little love duet to show for NPR.
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Jan 24, 2013 — Aaron Neville spoke with Host Renee Montagne about the new doo-wop album. We wish you could hear the unexpected show Neville gave us as he sang to himself in our lobby, but this photo of him loving NPR will have to do.
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Jan 16, 2013 — British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is taking the U.S. and the U.K. by storm with his Grammy-nominated song "The A Team." He talked to Morning Edition host David Greene about couch surfing his way to success, and before leaving, showed that he's singing our tune, with some NPR love.
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Jan 11, 2013 — Though we've retired our decorations for another year, we turned up a couple festive items left to brighten post-holiday spirits. While in Washington, D.C. for Morning Edition interviews about their holiday albums, Colbie Caillat and KEM warmed our hearts with their love for NPR.
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Jan 7, 2013 — Pushed by social media mores, we demand to know ever more about reporters online. But when Morning Edition went mainstream with innocent revelation, including a reporter's lack of information, listener complaints underlined the perils of the practice. We have no guidelines for a rapidly changing media world.
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Jan 3, 2013 — Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Sophie McShera, Elizabeth McGovern, Joanne Froggatt and Rob James-Collier of the popular PBS period drama Downton Abbey show a little love for NPR while in the States earlier this month.
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Jan 1, 2013 — On the first day of the first month of a brand new year, there couldn't be any better thing to celebrate than you, our listeners, making Morning Edition a part of your daily routine, and the most-listened-to radio news program in the country.
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Nov 21, 2012America's Test Kitchen host Chris Kimball and Renee Montagne cook up a Julia Child-inspired Thanksgiving feast of roast turkey and mashed potatoes. And we remember that she would say, if things go wrong in the kitchen, just keep on going. And have a glass of wine.
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