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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Where Are The Architects Of The Iraq War Now?

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, left, shakes hands with Vice President Dick Cheney at the Pentagon in 2006 photo. (AP)

Then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, left, shakes hands with then-Vice President Dick Cheney at the Pentagon in 2006. (AP)

Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney release their memoirs early next year.  What are they and other neoconservatives who pushed for the Iraq War in the Bush Administration saying now? Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Justin Vaisse explains that many have been lying low and backtracking from their earlier positions.  Vaisse’s new book is called “Neoconservatism: The Biography of A Movement.”

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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Morehouse College President Talks Controversies, Challenges
Dr. John S. Wilson, Jr. is president of Morehouse College in Atlanta. (Morehouse College)

President Obama delivers the commencement address this weekend at Morehouse College, the all-male historically black college. The school’s president discusses recent controversies and challenges.

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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Jails Become De Facto Psychiatric Wards
Mark with Houston at Houston's high school graduation in 2009. (Courtesy of Mac McClelland)

Failures in mental health care mean that often the only way to get help for a loved one is to call the police. We speak with a journalist about the tragic consequences for her family.

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Thursday, May 16, 2013
‘Here & Now’ Interview Inspires Hit Country Song
"I Drive Your Truck" screenshot.

In 2011, a Nashville songwriter heard Alex Ashlock’s interview with Paul Monti, who lost his son in Afghanistan. It inspired her to write “I Drive Your Truck.”

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