Interview with Jim Sheeler
..."They are the troops that nobody wants to see, carrying a message that no family ever wants to hear. Since the start of the war in Iraq, Marines like Maj. Steve Beck found themselves charged with a mission they never asked for and one for which there can be no training: casualty notification."
So writes Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jim Sheeler in his book: "Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives."
On this Memorial Day, we talk with Sheeler, who shares stories of notifying the survivors and remembering this nation's war dead from Iraq and Afghanistan. Nearly 5,000 American soldiers have died fighting in the two countries since 2001.
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Peace in the Desert Lecture Series
...Then, they argue that America's nuclear arsenal has become largely symbolic in an era when the United States has dominant military technology. We talk with Robert Litwak, director of International Security Studies at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington; and Stephen Younger, President of National Security Technologies, which manages and operates the Nevada Test Site.
The two are set to speak Tuesday at 7 p.m. at UNLV's Student Union Theatre as a part of the "Peace in the Desert Lecture" lecture series. Their topic: "Superpowers and Rogue States: Reducing the Nuclear Danger." The event is free to the public.
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American RadioWorks
...And in our second hour, we hear a special documentary from American RadioWorks. It focuses on the housing crisis in Southern Nevada.
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