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What The White House Says About U.S. Attack On Iran's Soleimani
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe about what President Trump has said about the targeted killing of an Iranian general.
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How Iran Will Move Forward Without Gen. Qassem Soleimani
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Rand Corporation Iranian expert Ariane Tabatabai about what could be next for the U.S. and Iran following the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.
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Iran Vows Revenge For U.S. Airstrike That Killed Iranian General
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Jack Keane, a retired Army general who regularly talks to President Trump, about the U.S. strategy on Iran after a strike on Baghdad airport killed an Iranian general.
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Congress Was Not Consulted On U.S. Strike That Killed Iranian General
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, who slammed President Trump for not getting congressional approval for the strike. NPR's Susan Davis weighs in on the issue.
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Democrats, Enviornmentalists Call For Federal Lands Chief To Resign
The Trump administration has extended the appointment for the controversial acting head of the Bureau of Land Management, which is in charge of roughly 10% of all the land in the U.S.
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Expert Warns Iran Likely Will Retaliate For U.S. Killing Of Top General
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Douglas Ollivant, director for Iraq at the National Security Council during both the Bush and Obama administrations, about the Trump-ordered airstrike.
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Replacement Chosen For Iranian General Killed In U.S. Airstrike
U.S. forces killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Soleimani in an airstrike near Baghdad airport, an escalation of tensions between Washington and Tehran that is prompting concerns of more violence in the region.
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Cat Found Unharmed In Car Engine After Road Trip In Britain
On Christmas Day, a driver in England who had made the trip from Birmingham to London heard something under his hood. He opened it to find a cat, who made the 130-mile trip unscathed.
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Amazon Refuses To Deliver Wine To 92-Year-Old Woman
The Amazon driver in England declined to deliver the bottle of sherry to the grandmother because she lacked a photo ID to prove her age. The gift giver says he'll deliver the order himself.
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A Single Mother And Her Child Continue A Circle Of Life Disrupted By The Nazis
When Dena Kohleriter was 36, she decided to start a family on her own. At StoryCorps with her daughter, Jori, Dena describes how her grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, responded to the news.
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Trump Orders Baghdad Strike That Killed Iranian General
The U.S. has killed Iran's top military leader in a strike on Baghdad airport. The Pentagon says the general was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq.
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Trump-Directed Attack That Killed Iranian General Raises U.S.-Iran Tensions
The U.S. killed Iran's top general in a strike at Baghdad airport. NPR's Noel King talks to Robin Wright, contributing writer to The New Yorker, about rising diplomatic tensions in the region.