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  • National

News Brief: Oregon Wildfire, Bob Woodward Book, DHS Whistleblower,

Wildfires burn in every region of Oregon. New book says President Trump downplayed seriousness of COVID-19. And, whistleblower says Homeland Security told him to stop reporting on Russia threat.

September 10, 2020
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By:
  • Steve Inskeep and
  • Rachel Martin
China may have landed a new space plane on Sept. 6 at this secretive air base, located in China in the desert near an old nuclear testing ground.

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  • Science

New Chinese Space Plane Landed At Mysterious Air Base, Evidence Suggests

The mission took place this past weekend, shrouded in secrecy, but some clues are emerging about what China sent into space, and why.

September 09, 2020
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
Cpl. Waverly B. Woodson Jr. was an Army medic in an African American battalion who helped save scores of lives at Normandy on D-Day. On Tuesday, U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation to posthumously award him a Medal of Honor.

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  • World

Senators Push For Medal Of Honor For Late Black Medic Who Saved Lives At Normandy

Cpl. Waverly Woodson Jr., a member of an African American battalion, treated scores of soldiers wounded on D-Day but was passed over for the medal. Lawmakers and relatives have tried to change that.

September 09, 2020
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley
U.S. troops participated in a March handover to the Iraqi army in Kirkuk, Iraq. The U.S. plans to draw down its troop numbers in the country this month.

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  • National Security

U.S. Says It Will Cut Number Of Troops In Iraq By Nearly Half This Month

Gen. Frank McKenzie, who is responsible for U.S. forces in the Middle East, says the U.S. presence will drop from 5,200 to 3,000 troops in a move he says shows confidence in Iraqi army.

September 09, 2020
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By:
  • Merrit Kennedy
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, introduced a targeted coronavirus relief bill and said he planned a vote this week on it.

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  • Politics

McConnell Proposes Pandemic Relief Bill, Democrats Quickly Dismiss It As 'Emaciated'

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rolled out a targeted coronavirus aid plan amid stalled negotiations on a broader deal. Democrats oppose the bill and it's unlikely to advance.

September 08, 2020
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By:
  • Claudia Grisales
A picture of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen is seen in Washington, D.C., in July. Congress is launching an investigation into her killing and other deaths at Fort Hood.

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  • National

Congress Launches Investigation Into Fort Hood Deaths

The probe will focus on whether the recent tragedies "may be symptomatic of underlying leadership, discipline, and morale deficiencies throughout the chain-of-command."

September 08, 2020
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By:
  • Merrit Kennedy
GPB News NPR

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  • National Security

Former FBI Agent Addresses Post-Sept. 11 Torture In Newly Declassified Book

Ali Soufan investigated terrorism cases and opposed the CIA's use of torture following the Sept. 11 terror attacks. After a legal battle, the redacted material in his 2011 memoir, Black Banners, has been restored.

September 08, 2020
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By:
  • Dave Davies
Peter Strzok, then an agent at the FBI, speaks during a joint House Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform committees hearing in Washington, D.C., in July 2018.

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  • Book Reviews

Peter Strzok, Notorious Ex-G-Man, Explains Himself And Takes Aim At Trump

Amid the Russia inquiry and citing texts to his girlfriend, critics made him the face of a so-called conspiracy against Trump. No, Strzok writes his memoir Compromised, he did everything by the book.

September 05, 2020
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By:
  • Philip Ewing
U.S. troops in the Vietnam War read the <em>Stars and Stripes</em> newspaper in 1969. The Pentagon plans to shut down the paper, for generations aimed at U.S. military personnel, at the end of this month.

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  • National Security

Pentagon Says It Will Close 'Stars and Stripes,' But Trump Says It Won't Happen

The Pentagon said the paper would shut down by Sept. 30. Shortly afterward President Trump tweeted that it won't happen "under my watch."

September 04, 2020
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By:
  • Greg Myre
GPB News NPR

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  • National

'The Atlantic' Editor Discusses Reporting On Trump's Remarks About The Military

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic about his piece highlighting the way President Trump reportedly disparages veterans and members of the military.

September 04, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
Elizabeth Neumann, assistant secretary of counterterrorism and threat prevention at the Department of Homeland Security, testifies at a House subcommittee hearing on confronting white supremacy and the adequacy of the federal response in June 2019.

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  • National Security

Former DHS Official: Trump Pouring 'Fuel On The Fire' Of Domestic Extremism

Elizabeth Neumann, a former assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, says the Trump administration is creating the conditions for domestic extremism to flourish in the U.S.

September 02, 2020
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By:
  • Steve Inskeep,
  • Simone Popperl,
  • and 1 more
Michael Flynn, here at Trump Tower in December 2016, spent less than a month in the role of President Trump's national security adviser.

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  • National Security

Appeals Court Rejects Justice Department Effort To Shut Down Michael Flynn Case

The court has ruled that a judge can hear arguments about the Justice Department's motivations for wanting to end prosecution of President Trump's former national security adviser.

August 31, 2020
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
GPB News NPR

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  • National Security

Intelligence Chief Ends In-Person Briefings On Foreign Interference In 2020 Election

Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe announced House and Senate intelligence panels will no longer receive in-person briefings on foreign interference in the 2020 election.

August 31, 2020
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By:
  • Greg Myre
Congressional Democrats are calling the director of national intelligence's cancellation of additional in-person election security briefings "outrageous," after the change was announced on Friday.

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  • National Security

Democrats Say Change In Election Security Briefings Is 'Outrageous'

Congress will still be briefed on election security by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, but through written reports instead of in-person, verbal briefings.

August 31, 2020
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By:
  • Wynne Davis
Smoke rises from the USS Bonhomme Richard after an explosion and fire on board the amphibious assault ship at Naval Base San Diego. The Navy is investigating whether the fire was due to arson.

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  • National Security

Navy Investigating Whether Fire Aboard USS Bonhomme Richard Was Arson

The amphibious assault ship was in port at Navy Base San Diego when the fire broke out July 12, burning more than four days and sending smoke billowing through the city of San Diego.

August 27, 2020
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By:
  • Steve Walsh
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