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Changing U.S. strategy in Afghanistan
The following is not a full transcript; for full story, listen to audio.Why are we in Afghanistan? To destroy the Al-Qaeda? To make sure the Taliban doesn't get back in power? Both? What is the...
View ArticleMaking bread to fight the Taliban
This story was originally covered by PRI's The Takeaway. For more, listen to the audio above.The United States is shifting tactics in its war against the Taliban. The focus is moving away from fighting...
View ArticleA vaccine for malaria? The army wants to know.
By Eric NiilerEarly on a cold fall morning, a dozen volunteers gathered in a waiting room at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research outside Washington, D.C. They had come to test an experimental...
View ArticleNorth Korean defectors can't join South Korea's army
This story was originally covered by PRI's The World. For more, listen to the audio above.By Jason StrutherSecretary of Defense Robert Gates arrived in South Korea today. He's there nearly two months...
View ArticleAfghanistan history dramatized for the Pentagon
By Laura Lynch"The Great Game" is a seven-hour series of short plays recounting the history of foreign involvement in Afghanistan. It was first staged in London in 2009. But now it's getting an unusual...
View ArticleTraining Libyan rebels to fight Gadhafi
This story was originally covered by PRI's The World. For more, listen to the audio above.By Ben GilbertThe rebels in Libya have been fighting a back and forth battle with forces loyal to embattled...
View ArticleSouth Sudan's reliance on NGOs
his story was originally covered by PRI's The World. For more, listen to the audio above.By Matthew Brunwasser, PRI's The WorldOperation Lifeline Sudan, launched by the United Nations in 1989, was one...
View ArticleFrom military veteran to humanitarian
This story was originally covered by PRI's The Takeaway. For more, listen to the audio above.Navy SEAL Eric Greitens began a transformation after he was hit by a suicide bomb in Iraq. "I was very...
View ArticleWikileaks sheds new light on Guantanamo Bay
Leaked documents are giving more details into the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Anthony Lehren from the New York Times...
View ArticleUS drones set sites on Gadhafi's Libya
Armed drones will soon begin patrolling the skies over Libya. Andrew Bacevich, professor of History and International Relations at Boston University, and the author of "Washington Rules: America's Path...
View ArticleLeon Panetta in as Defense Secretary, General David Petraeus in as CIA director
David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent at the New York Times, talks about the news that Leon Panetta will take over for Robert Gates as the Secretary of Defense, and why General David Petraeus...
View ArticleAfghanistan troops contend with friendly fire
Afghan Security forces undergoing routine training have killed at least 38 coalition troops. The Takeaway talks with a reporter from Stars and Stripes who has reported on the...
View ArticleDid torture help catch Osama Bin Laden?
The argument over interrogation techniques like so-called water boarding have been renewed after the death of Osama Bin Laden. Did the harsh interrogation techniques help catch Bin Laden? Scott Shane,...
View ArticleUS-Pakistani tensions high, drone attacks continue
On Tuesday, missiles killed three alleged militants in Pakistan's tribal regions. That news is a bit muted, though, as Pakistani public opinion has been focused on the details of the raid on Osama Bin...
View ArticleWomen in the Marines, fighting Afghanistan insurgency
This story was originally covered by PRI's The World. For more, listen to the audio above.By Monica Campbell co-produced with Basetrack.orgIt's morning at a small Marine base in southern Afghanistan....
View ArticleBarack Obama's speech: Osama Bin Laden Killed
"Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al-Qaeda, and a terrorist who's...
View ArticleObama's Middle East Speech: What is the policy?
People in the Middle East have learned to watch what the United States does, not what the United States says, according to Zachary Lockman, Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and History...
View ArticleBradley Manning's father says his son is innocent
It's been a year since Bradley Manning was arrested for allegedly leaking classified documents to the website Wikileaks. A new Frontline documentary digs into the story. Martin Smith, a Frontline...
View ArticleOsama Bin Laden's Hollywood ending
This story was originally covered by PRI's Studio 360. For more, listen to the audio above.By Kurt AndersenFrom the beginning it was like fiction. The world's most famous skyscrapers vaporized by two...
View ArticlePresident Obama nominates new Joint Chiefs of Staff, Martin Dempsey
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey will replace Navy Adm. Michael Mullen as the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. And Gen. Ray Odierno was picked to replace Dempsey as Army chief. Retired Army Colonel...
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