War Cabinet

How Vietnam War experience shaped the view of Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel

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Visa retrogression

How undocumented immigrants to the US have been placed behind those who got there legally

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Oscar Pistorius's impact on disabled sports

A Paralympian praises Pistorius; a soldier's tie to his interpreter and meteor hunting.

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Sequester: 'The United States of austerity'

Americans and foreign visitors react to massive US government spending cuts.

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US diplomacy: 21st Century style

A new US diplomacy, Venezuelan-American views on Chavez and Lincoln's foot doctor.

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America’s H1B workers

Could a controversial visa program for highly skilled foreigner workers be a bad idea?

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A US marine’s Iraq war diary

Tim McLaughlin's writings about the 2003 invasion of Iraq anchor a New York exhibit.

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Same sex marriage

Immigrants offer their views on a contentious issue now before the US Supreme Court.

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Joseph Kony’s war in graphic novel form

A new graphic novel about the Ugandan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court.

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North Korea crisis

As Pyongyang ramps up threats directed at the US, Americans try to read between the lines.

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Boston Marathon bombings

Views from racers, war correspondents and an amputee marathon competitor.

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Boston Bombings Aftermath

Boylston Street reopens after the Marathon bombings

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America's Reliance on Drone Warfare

US Senators meet a Yemeni man whose village was targeted by a drone

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Boston's Thorny Questions

The duel tasks of honouring victims and compensating survivors of the Boston Marathon

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Global Nation Edition

US immigration reform seen through the eyes of an undocumented immigrant

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The US Military’s Sexual Assault Crisis

Reducing the staggering number of assaults in the US military gets top priority

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The Language of Phishing

How international cyber criminals are using better English to lure their prey

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A Cancer in the Ranks

Sexual assault is becoming “a cancer” in the US military and victims are not just women

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Learning English in the Workplace

Businesses in the US are helping their immigrant workers to learn to speak English

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A US Retailer Fights off a Canadian Pirate

A small shop in Canada is reselling goods from popular US store in, Trader Joe's

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Supreme Decisions

What the US Supreme Court ruling in favour of gay rights means for other countries

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Travellers' Tales

Outrage in Europe at revelations that US spies have been eavesdropping on diplomats

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Tragedy and Taboos

Asiana airline crash victims were headed to summer camp in the US to improve their English

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The Globalization Edition

US law allowing citizens to defend themselves with deadly force attracts attention abroad

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Americans and War

A Syrian-American doctor returns to Syria to help victims of the sectarian violence

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Newsmakers

P.J. Crowley, who resigned in 2011 over Bradley Manning’s treatment, calls verdict 'right'

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Money Talks - and Bears, too

Prudence Bushnell, US Ambassador to Kenya during the ‘98 embassy bombing on security fears

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Getting to Know Laura Poitras

Meet the woman who helped Edward Snowden leak news of top-secret surveillance programmes

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Thirty-five Years for Bradley Manning

US military veterans react to the sentencing of Private Bradley Manning in WikiLeaks case

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Red Lines and Tipping Points

The US role in chemical attacks during the Iran-Iraq War

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