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The war in kosovo in 1999 made it clear to everyone that war had not been entirely banned from europe. In fact, we understood that european unity was the only reliable tool to bring peace to europe for good. The new map of the eu would now look like this. 10 countries were now facing one last steep climb at the copenhagen conference. At that point, the summit appeared to be very far away. In fact, i felt a bit like we had to climb the north face of the tiger and the swiss outs, but in the end, w...

Members of iraq veterans against the war are pushing the military to do more to help soldiers suffering from postTraumatic Stress syndrome. We will look at the department of Veterans Affairs, how it has paid more than 200 million in wrongful death payments to the families of veterans who died under v. A. Care. They would take a look at the latest u. S. Effort to topple the cuban government. This time from using social media. A new expose reveals usaid securely set up a fake twittermy program and...

Make contact without causing damage to them on the floor on that later in the show. I am. Washington d c our friends are watching. Sear the journalist who broke the story of the reach of nsa surveillance returns to us today for the First Time Since they began reporting on documents leaked by former contractor adverts noted Glenn Greenwald and mark waitress arrives in new york this morning to receive the prestigious george polk award for journalism. They said the National Security reporting award...

State battle over what you have to carry in the polls to prove youre you. When indianas i. D. Law made it to the Supreme Court of the United States, the justices ruled there is no clear evidence that demonstrating that those laws harm voters. Those who push to change voter i. D. Requirements in state after state say that the measures are meant to prevent voter fraud. What those same legislature has not provided is the evidence that voter fraud happens very much. But sponsors of the legislation s...

Dust has not settled in state by state battle over what you have to carry in the polls to prove youre you. When indianas i. D. Law made it to the Supreme Court of the United States, the justices ruled there is no clear evidence that demonstrating that those laws harm voters. Those who push to change voter i. D. Requirements in state after state say that the measures are meant to prevent voter fraud. What those same legislature has not provided is the evidence that voter fraud happens very much. ...

Thats inside story. Hello, im ray suarez. Were just a few weeks away from the midterm elections but the dust has not settled in state by state battle over what you have to carry in the polls to prove youre you. When indianas i. D. Law made it to the Supreme Court of the United States, the justices ruled there is no clear evidence that demonstrating that those laws harm voters. Those who push to change voter i. D. Requirements in state after state say that the measures are meant to prevent voter ...

Officials fear this could be a super spreader event. Were also following Tropical Storm sally as it closes in on the gulfs coast, expected to be a hurricane when it makes landfall sometimes tomorrow morning. Lets go to meteorologist chad myers. Good morning to you, chad. Its going to become a hurricane. The question is how bad and how directly is it expected to hit new orleans . Well, it depends. If the storm goes a little bit farther to the left in the cone, then new orleans gets a tremendous a...

Today, fentanyl is now driving the unprecedented number of drug overdoses in the United States. Joining me now to discuss the Opioid Epidemic and other issues is the director of the White House Office of National Drug control policy, dr. Rahul gupta. Thank you for coming to Washington Post live. Dr. Gupta thank you for having me. Appreciate it. The fentanyl overdoses are in evolution from the prescription pain meds epidemic from the early 2000s. Talk about that evolution and where does fentanyl ...

[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] welcome good morning, everybody. Im john walsh, im with the Washington Office unlike america and its my behalf or to want me to this mornings event on the International Impact of the u. S. Trend towards Marijuana Legalization. This is the sixth event in the brookings series on Legal Marijuana. It again in october 2012 with an eye to what might happen if, in fact, the states of colorado and washington voted to approve L...

Serious and lifethreatening weather conditions are expected as early as tomorrow evening from outer banks to new england. New york, pennsylvania, maryland, virginia and North Carolina plus the district of column yeah have already declared states of emergency. A Tropical Storm warning is in effect for parts of florida. Well have more updates on sandy later in the program. Right now i want to turn to politics. This, my friends, is 26. 86. 26. 86, not a hunl amount of money. Certainly not enough fo...