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Archive for December 15 - 19, 2003
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Monday, Dec. 15, 2003
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Saddam Hussein captured
"I'm Saddam Hussein," the man with the scruffy beard said in English when U.S. troops found him in a dirt hole. U.S. officers who captured the 66-year-old former dictator in the hole next to a hut in Iraq Saturday could not believe how easy it was to take Saddam after eight months of hunting.
Guests:
Abbas Mehdi, professor of sociology at St. Cloud State University; and chairman and founder, Union of Independent Iraqis

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio U.S. security and the responsibilities of power
William Perry, former U.S. secretary of defense, and Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security advisor to President Carter, speak on U.S. security in an age of American preeminence during Friday's Mondale Lectures on Public Service, at Macalester College.

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Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio What follows Saddam's capture?
The capture of Saddam Hussein is providing intelligence that has led to the arrests of key figures in the anti-U.S. insurgency and a clearer picture of what role the ousted dictator played, a U.S. general told The Associated Press on Monday.
Guests:
Macalester College international relations professor Andrew Latham

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Howard Dean on foreign relations and national security
Monday's major foreign policy address by the leading Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean. He spoke to the Pacific Council in Los Angeles, California.

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Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2003
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Michel suggests closing some Minnesota campuses
Sen. Geoff Michel, R-Edina, says he plans to ask his colleagues to form a commission that could recommend closing some college campuses in Minnesota. Michel's proposed commission would be modeled on a federal commission that closed military bases in the 1990s. It would have 13 members appointed by House and Senate leaders and the governor and would recommend campus closings based on criteria that include operating costs, instructional costs as related to enrollment, geographic access and demographic projections.
Guests:
Sen. Geoff Michel, R-Edina

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Lance Armstrong at the National Press Club
A live broadcast about cancer, from the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Lance Armstrong is the 5-time winner of the Tour de France and founder of the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Hamilton Jordan is former chief of staff for President Jimmy Carter and founder of the Georgia Cancer Coalition.
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Thursday, Dec. 18, 2003
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Lawmaker wants life sentence for sex offenders
Kurt Zellers, R-Maple Grove says more sex offenders should be sent to prison for life without parole. Life without parole is currently reserved for a handful of the worst murder cases. Zeller's plan calls for certain offenders who use weapons in sex crimes, or those who target children and vulnerable adults, to spend the rest of their lives in prison.
Guests:
Rep. Kurt Zellers, R-Maple Grove; and Sen. Jane Ranum, DFL-Minneapolis

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio John Edwards on foreign policy and the 2004 election
Democractic presidential candidate, Sen. John Edwards, D-NC, speaking at the Commonwealth Club of California. He discusses the Bush administration's foreign policy and the type of leader he says the United States needs in 2004.

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Friday, Dec. 19, 2003
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Overview of Pawlenty's trip to Bosnia
Minnesota Public Radio's Michael Khoo was in Bosnia this week to report on Gov. Tim Pawlenty's visit there. Gov. Pawlenty and First Lady Mary Pawlenty stopped in Srebrenica, site of a 1995 massacre of Bosnian Muslims by Serbian nationalists, and visited with Minnesota National Guard troops stationed there to enforce the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords that brought an end to the Bosnian civil war.

Guests:
Michael Khoo, Minnesota Public Radio political reporter; and Minnesota's First Lady Mary Pawlenty

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Chanukah Lights
A special program from National Public Radio featuring holiday stories read by National Public Radio commentator Murray Horwitz, and NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg.



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