Day to Day Report Faults Pre-War Intelligence on Iraq March 31, 2005 • A presidential commission studying the effective of U.S. intelligence released a report on Thursday criticizing the government's intelligence gathering efforts in Iraq. NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with NPR's Mike Shuster about the findings. Report Faults Pre-War Intelligence on Iraq Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4569374/4569375" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Social Security Debate Resistance to Bush's Social Security Changes Grows March 31, 2005 • The Bush administration is running into increasing resistance to altering Social Security. Republicans in Congress are beginning to feel pressure from their constituents as well. The president stumped for changes to Social Security in Iowa Wednesday. Resistance to Bush's Social Security Changes Grows Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4568809/4568810" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Morning Edition Intelligence Report Offers Bleak Assessment March 31, 2005 • A report by a presidential commission investigating pre-war intelligence in Iraq offers a bleak view of intelligence-gathering and analysis. It includes a similarly grim assessment of efforts in Iran and North Korea and offers recommendations to improve the process. Intelligence Report Offers Bleak Assessment Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4568806/4568807" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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All Things Considered Intelligence Report to Offer Reform Recommendations March 30, 2005 • The Presidential Commission on Intelligence Thursday releases the results of its 14-month review of current and previous U.S. intelligence on various threats. The report also offers advice on how to implement intelligence reform legislation. Intelligence Report to Offer Reform Recommendations Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4568114/4568115" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Education N.J. 'Boot Camp' Drills Students for Tests March 30, 2005 • A New Jersey elementary school has set up a weekly "math boot camp" for students. The "camp" is a response to the demands of the No Child Left Behind Act, which requires that the school raise test scores or face a cut in funding. N.J. 'Boot Camp' Drills Students for Tests Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4567664/4567665" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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World Rumsfeld: Iraqis, Not Americans, Will Defeat Insurgency March 30, 2005 • The Iraqi people, not U.S.-led forces, will defeat the country's insurgency, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says. He also says the U.S. military is working to reduce the size of its forces in Iraq. He says in an NPR interview that it has taken six to eight years to put down major insurgencies elsewhere, and the challenge is to get most U.S troops out of Iraq much sooner than that. Rumsfeld: Iraqis, Not Americans, Will Defeat Insurgency Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4567034/4567035" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Morning Edition Growing Chorus Calls for DeLay's Resignation March 30, 2005 • House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is fighting several high-profile conflicts, including charges of ethics violations. The editorial page of the Wall Street Journal, usually a staunch supporter of congressional Republicans, has joined Democrats in asking for DeLay's resignation. Growing Chorus Calls for DeLay's Resignation Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4567013/4567014" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Analysis The Schiavo Case Conservatives and the Culture of Life March 29, 2005 • The phrase "Culture of Life" gathers a variety of positions into a single -- and straining -- tent. From a belief that life begins at conception to an opposition to physician-assisted suicide, disparate groups have protested the treatment of Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged Florida woman whose feeding tube was removed. Conservatives and the Culture of Life Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4565929/4565930" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Analysis World Oil-Food Report Criticizes Annan's Son March 29, 2005 • A report released today by the panel investigating corruption in the UN's Oil for Food program strongly criticizes the Secretary-General's son, Kojo Annan, for obscuring his relationship with one of the program's contractors. Oil-Food Report Criticizes Annan's Son Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4565935/4565936" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Opinion Social Security Debate Social Security's Long-Term Solvency March 28, 2005 • Despite their ambitious approach, President Bush's private accounts won't solve Social Security's long-term financial problems. Officials say a lasting solution would include tax hikes or benefit cuts -- which could include testing recipients' means, or raising the retirement age. We consider the options. Social Security's Long-Term Solvency Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4563979/4563980" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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The Schiavo Case Echoes of Earlier Right-to-Die Battle in Schiavo Case March 28, 2005 • NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with former Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Edward "Chip" Robertson, who wrote the court's 1988 opinion in the case of Nancy Cruzan. Cruzan was left severely brain damaged after a car accident, and the battle over keeping her alive has many similarities to the case of Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged woman at the center of a heated debate on right-to-die issues. Echoes of Earlier Right-to-Die Battle in Schiavo Case Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4563884/4563885" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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The Schiavo Case Schiavo's Condition Disputed March 27, 2005 • Nine days after Terri Schiavo's feeding tube was removed, her husband and parents release conflicting statements on her health. After the Schindlers' attorney said Schiavo's condition was deteriorating, the lawyer for Michael Schiavo said Terri Schiavo is not near death. Schiavo's Condition Disputed Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4562909/4562910" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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National Editor of Bush's Hometown Paper at Odds with Town March 27, 2005 • President Bush is back in Crawford, Texas, for Easter, and so are many news organizations, including the Lone Star Iconoclast, Crawford's own newspaper. But an editorial last fall caused a fallout between the town and the newspaper's editor. Editor of Bush's Hometown Paper at Odds with Town Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4562888/4562889" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Kyrgystan Looks to Create New Government March 25, 2005 • NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with Kathleen Collins, professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, about recent political upheaval in the central Asian country of Kyrgystan. The small nation north of Afghanistan is struggling to re-organize the government after mass protests over recent elections prompted President Askar Akayev to flee the country. Kyrgystan Looks to Create New Government Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4561196/4561197" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Opinion Schiavo Case is Grayest of Gray Areas March 25, 2005 • Commentator Kelly McBride says despite efforts by many parties to reduce the Schiavo case to black and white for their own purposes, it represents the grayest of gray areas. McBride heads the ethics department at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. Schiavo Case is Grayest of Gray Areas Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4560708/4560709" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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