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AP Case Adds To Obama Team's Tough Record On Leaks
May 17, 2013 | NPR · His administration has prosecuted six people for giving reporters information about secret national security operations — twice as many cases as all previous presidents combined. Amid criticism from First Amendment advocates, the White House insists it values both press freedoms and national security.
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Weighing Freedom Of The Press Against Public Safety
May 17, 2013 | NPR · The Justice Department has been scrutinized this week for secretly obtaining phone records of Associated Press reporters and editors while investigating the disclosure of a CIA operation to thwart a terrorist attack. Steve Inskeep talks to Floyd Abrams, a leading First Amendment lawyer, about how the Constitution and the law treat press freedom.
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Select Young Afghans Chosen As Commandoes In Training
May 17, 2013 | NPR · From the Afghan capital Kabul, Morning Edition's Renee Montagne talks to Gen, Joseph Dunford, the commander of all U.S. and international forces there. They discuss the challenges of the current situation on the ground, and look ahead to the withdrawal of NATO combat troops in 2014.
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Outgoing Acting IRS Director Grilled By House Lawmakers
May 17, 2013 | NPR · The House Ways and Means Committee became the first oversight panel in Congress to weigh in on the IRS tax-exempt group controversy on Friday morning.
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Week In Politics: IRS, Benghazi Emails, AP Phone Logs
May 17, 2013 | NPR · Audie Cornish speaks with political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times. They discuss controversial IRS audits, the release of White House emails on Benghazi talking points and the Justice Department's seizure of AP phone logs.
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Scientists Agree On Climate Change, Why Doesn't The Public?
May 17, 2013 | NPR · A new study confirms that the vast majority of scientists who research the climate accept that the planet is warming and human beings are largely responsible. Yet a large slice of the American public believes that scientists are deeply split about global warming.
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Working Women On Television: A Mixed Bag At Best
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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C-Sections Deliver Cachet For Wealthy Brazilian Women
May 12, 2013 | NPR · Brazil's economic boom has driven the demand for births by caesarean section. Some 80 to 90 percent of women in private hospitals deliver this way. Proponents say it allows mothers and doctors to better organize their time. Critics say the procedure drives up costs and may cause complications.
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Fresh Air Remembers Military Historian John Keegan
Aug 7, 2012 — Keegan spent his life studying war, but he never fought in one and described himself as more or less a pacifist. The British military historian, who died last week at age 78, chronicled the history of warfare from Alexander the Great to the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
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Outnumbered, Outgunned: How Underdogs Prevail
May 1, 2010 — Carthaginians vs. Romans at Cannae. English vs. French at Agincourt. Confederacy vs. Union at Chancellorsville. In Outnumbered, author Cormac O'Brien details 14 David and Goliath battles in which underdog forces overcame extraordinary odds to prevail against much stronger opponents.
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Fit To Print: Top Five Current Affairs Books Of 2009
Dec 29, 2009 — If these books prove anything, it's that the legacy of nonfiction storytelling is still very much alive. Steve Weinberg's picks reflect the depth and diversity of the 2009 current affairs library, ranging from investigations of the role of women in America to a look at what it means to sit supreme on the highest court in the U.S.
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Librarian Nancy Pearl's 2009 Under-The-Radar Books
Dec 10, 2009 — The end of another year means another giant stack of books you missed during the past 12 months. Nancy Pearl, our favorite librarian, stops by to share recommendations that should keep old, young and 'tween readers content.
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Excerpt: 'The Good Soldiers'
Dec 10, 2009 — David Finkel, a reporter for the Washington Post was embedded with a battalion of about 800 troops in Iraq. His book focuses on the triumphs and traumas of that battalion, particularly its commander.
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