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    Jason Kander addresses a rally last year. He withdrew from the race for mayor of Kansas City, Mo., on Tuesday, saying he suffered from PTSD related to his military service in Afghanistan.
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    Kansas City, Mo., Mayoral Hopeful Withdraws From Race Citing PTSD

    Oct 02, 2018
    Democrat Jason Kander said the abrupt decision to leave the field of candidates was related to post-traumatic stress disorder linked to his time in Afghanistan as an Army intelligence officer.
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    Author Interviews
    Nico Walker wrote his semi-autobiographical novel <em>Cherry </em>while in federal prison for armed bank robbery.
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    An Iraq Veteran, Heroin Addict, Bank Robber And Debut Novelist

    Aug 13, 2018
    Nico Walker is currently in federal prison for bank robbery. That's given him plenty of time to write his semi-autobiographical novel Cherry, which has received glowing advance reviews.
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    National
    Military members carry transfer cases from a C-17 at a ceremony marking the arrival of the remains believed to be of American service members who fell in the Korean War at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii, on Wednesday.
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    Possible U.S. Remains Turned Over By North Korea Arrive In Hawaii For Analysis

    Aug 01, 2018
    Vice President Pence was on hand when 55 boxes thought to contain remains of U.S. troops arrive at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii. They will be sent to a lab for possible identification.
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    National

    Seeking Closure, An Effort To Repatriate Remains Of U.S. Vets Killed In Korean War

    Jul 29, 2018
    North Korea has given the U.S. 55 small coffins believed to hold the remains of Americans killed in the Korean War. Michel Martin talks to Rick Downes, who's been working to have the dead repatriated.
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    Shots - Health News
    Field surgeons kept records of patients' names and wounds, which have helped narrow down the possible identities of some of the soldiers.
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    Civil War Battlefield 'Limb Pit' Reveals Work Of Combat Surgeons

    Jun 19, 2018
    Scientists have been analyzing bones first uncovered by a utility crew digging at the Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia. The remains provide insights into surgery during the Civil War.
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    The Two-Way
    Young and old come out for Rolling Thunder events over Memorial Day Weekend, including the Blessing of the Bikes at National Cathedral.
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    Bikers From Across America Ride To Remember Soldiers 'Unaccounted For'

    May 27, 2018
    What started as a group of 2,500 has grown to an estimated 300,000. Motorcyclists from across the country rally in Washington, D.C. to raise awareness every Memorial Day weekend.
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    Politics

    'With Honor' Group Works To Elect Veterans

    May 27, 2018
    NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Rye Barcott, the co-founder and CEO of With Honor. The group supports military veterans running for Congress.
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    Code Switch
    Alexis Clark, author of <em>Enemies in Love</em>
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    What Happens When Two Enemies Fall In Love?

    May 27, 2018
    A love story between a black Army nurse and a German POW during World War II? You couldn't make that story up — and Alexis Clark, author of the upcoming book, Enemies in Love, didn't.
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    National
    A girl visits The Poppy Memorial, a wall of 645,000 poppy flowers to honor the service members who have died since World War I. The USAA made the memorial that stands on the National Mall.
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    A Wall of Poppies Honors Fallen Soldiers On The National Mall

    May 26, 2018
    In Washington, D.C., a dramatic memorial of bright red flowers pays tribute to men and women who died in uniform.
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    National
    Hamilton Kinard can't use his legs some days and needs help with bathing and toileting.
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    VA's Caregiver Program Still Dropping Veterans With Disabilities

    May 21, 2018
    An NPR investigation last year revealed that a number of VA centers were ejecting hundreds of caregivers from the program. The VA promised reform, but a year later few have returned to the program.
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    Shots - Health News
    Marines based in Okinawa, Japan, fire an M136 AT-4 rocket launcher as part of a weapons training exercise on the Kaneohe Bay Range Training Facility, in 2014.
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    Army 'Leans In' To Protect A Shooter's Brain From Blast Injury

    May 17, 2018
    The Army tells NPR of plans to monitor blast exposure across a military career, to enforce limits on firing certain weapons, and to even look into whether special helmets could help stop blast waves.
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    Shots - Health News
    Sgt. John Wagley fires an AT4 anti-tank missile during a training session at Camp Fuji in Japan. Studies find that some who fire these weapons repeatedly have short-term problems with memory and thinking. It's still not clear, scientists say, whether tho
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    Report To Army Finds Blast From Some Weapons May Put Shooter's Brain At Risk

    Apr 30, 2018
    Service members who fire certain weapons can get concussion-like symptoms from the blasts, an Army-commissioned report finds. It urges taking measures to cut the risk of lasting brain damage.
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    The Two-Way
    Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army soldiers celebrate around a statue of Kawa, a mythology figure in Kurdish culture as they prepare to destroy it in city center of Afrin, northwestern Syria, early Sunday.
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    Turkish Forces Seize Syrian City Of Afrin

    Mar 18, 2018
    The Turkish military has taken control of Afrin, a city in northwestern Syria. An advocacy group says nearly 200,000 people have been displaced by the fighting.
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    Parallels
    A piece of cloth and a notebook Omari donated to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
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    Names Written In Blood And Rust: Documenting Syria's Disappeared

    Dec 07, 2017
    Political prisoner Mansour Omari hid the names of fellow inmates, penned in makeshift ink, in the lining of his shirt. Now free, he tries to keep a promise to ensure the world does not forget them.
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    Simon Says
    Former Bosnian military chief Ratko Mladic appears for the pronouncement of the tribunal's judgment at The Hague on Wednesday.
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    The Sentencing Of A Monster

    Nov 25, 2017
    After a years-long trial, Ratko Mladic was given life in prison for war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity. NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the legacy of the "Butcher of Bosnia."
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    National
    Laurie Staver Clinton holds her parents' World War II memorabilia.
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    Separated First By War, Then Sickness, 2 WWII Veterans Are Laid To Rest Together

    Nov 13, 2017
    Hundreds of American World War II veterans are dying each day. Isabell and Preble Staver, a couple married for 71 years, died on the same day last month.
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    The Two-Way
    Vice President Mike Pence, with his wife Karen Pence, and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke clean a portion of the wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day, Saturday, Nov. 11.
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    Vice President Pence Speaks At Arlington On 64th Observance Of Veterans Day

    Nov 11, 2017
    Pence, both the father and son of servicemen, delivered a speech that was by turns conventional and surprisingly personal.
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    The Two-Way
    U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is escorted into the Ft. Bragg military courthouse for the sentencing proceedings on Thursday in Ft. Bragg, N.C.
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    Closing Arguments Wrap Up In Bowe Bergdahl's Sentencing

    Nov 02, 2017
    "Justice is not rescuing Sgt. Bergdahl from his Taliban captors, in the cage where he was for years, only to place him in a cell," said his defense. But prosecutors say he must be held responsible.
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    The Two-Way
    Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is escorted into the Ft. Bragg military courthouse for his sentencing hearing on Monday in Ft. Bragg, N.C.
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    Bowe Bergdahl Takes The Stand, Offers Apology To Wounded Service Members

    Oct 30, 2017
    "It was never my intention for anyone to be hurt, and I never expected that to happen," the army sergeant said during an unsworn statement at a military hearing in Fort Bragg, N.C.
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    National Security

    The AUMF: An Everlasting 'Zombie Authorization'

    Oct 29, 2017
    Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution talks with Lulu Garcia-Navarro about whether it's time to replace the post-Sept. 11 authorization that's been used for anti-terror operations.
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    The Two-Way
    Attorneys for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl — Eugene R. Fidell, left, and Army Lt. Col. Franklin D. Rosenblatt — leave the Ft. Bragg military courthouse on Thursday in Ft. Bragg, N.C.
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    Bowe Bergdahl And The Troops Who Searched For Him Come Face-to-Face In Court

    Oct 26, 2017
    Mlitary prosecutors have called on several current and former service members who looked for Bergdahl in the days immediately after he walked away from his post in Afghanistan.
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    National Security
    Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer, speaks to the media after finding out a closed-door meeting with Senate Intelligence Committee at which he was to appear was canceled, on September 19, 2017, in Washington, D.C.
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    The Russia Investigations: Interference Impacted Real Life; Senators Propose New Law

    Oct 22, 2017
    Stories pile up about real-life activity linked to Russian influence-mongers, senators pitch new law on digital political ads and committee hearing postponed for Trump's longtime personal lawyer.
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    Around the Nation

    Officer Killed In Niger Attack Laid To Rest In South Florida

    Oct 21, 2017
    WLRN's Caitie Switalski reports from the funeral of Sgt. La David T. Johnson. He was the U.S. Army officer who was one of four U.S. troop members killed in Niger earlier this month.
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    National Security
    This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Twitter app on a mobile phone in Philadelphia.
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    Investigators Chase Missing Pieces Of Facebook, Twitter Role In Russian Mischief

    Oct 12, 2017
    Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg is the latest Big Tech emissary to visit Washington, D.C., as scrutiny grows over Russia's online disinformation scheme.
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    Politics
    Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C. (left), and committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., discuss the status of the committee's inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesda
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    Senators Say Russia Probe Is 'Incomplete'; Trump Jr. May Return To The Hill

    Oct 08, 2017
    The intelligence panel leaders say they haven't reached any conclusions about interference in the 2016 elections; special counsel Robert Mueller's team has met with ex-U.K. spy Christopher Steele.

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