Profile: Lance Corporal Chad Clifton
... talk about politics, religion, pretty much anything. Even if he knew you were right, he would debate with you, just, you ... on Valentine's Day in Arlington National Cemetery. For NPR News, I'm Sarah Richards. KAST: It's 18 minutes past the hour ...

Sex Scandal at Guantanamo
... prisoners. David Martin joins us now from the Pentagon. David, tell us about it. DAVID MARTIN, CBS CORRESPONDENT: Bob, as if -- as if the situation at Guantanamo isn`t messy enough already, there is now a sex scandal involving senior military officers ...

Analysis: Voices in the news this past week
... take out of international relations has swirled around as a result of the failure to make progress on this issue. The benefit, if we are able to succeed, will not just be felt by the Palestinian people or the Israelis, vital and primary though that is ...

CONDOLEEZZA RICE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE CONDOLEEZZA RICE HOLDS A MEDIA AVAILABILITY WITH PAKISTANI FOREIGN MINISTER KHURSHID MAHMOOD KASURI
... probably not being given to you, and you can, if you have any doubt, you can ask us later ... quite great to see cricket diplomacy, even if I don't myself understand cricket very well ... Pakistan is the only country in the world, if I might say, that has granted two voting ...

U.S. SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN (R-AZ) CHAIRMAN U.S. SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN (R-AZ) HOLDS HEARING ON ARMY TRANSFORMATION
... Let me tell you. What I have done, I have access to all the books for all the contractors. MCCAIN: Does Congress? BOLTON: Yes ... the last thing we want to do. But when there are laws on the books, Mr. Secretary, it seems to me that they should be enforced ...

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JAMES T. WALSH (R-NY) CHAIRMAN U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JAMES T. WALSH (R-NY) HOLDS HEARING ON FISCAL YEAR 2006 EUROPEAN COMMAND APPROPRIATIONS
... democratic Africa become even more democratic. The good news is -- can I see the slide on African democracies? The good news is that there are quite a few struggling democracies in Africa right now. They are not all struggling. Some of them are ... North to South axis of the country is being split between Muslims in the North and Christians in the South. Here are two maps, Mr. Chairman, that shows the political map of Africa in 1984 and then the next one, the political map of Africa in 2004 ... Europeans in uniform is 2.4 million. That is what they have. That excludes Canada and the United States. That is what on the books in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as uniformed. But the reality is that we are struggling to make that usable expeditionary ...

MICHAEL CHERTOFF'S U.S. SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY MICHAEL CHERTOFF'S REMARKS ABOUT THE FUTURE DIRECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY
... large element will be giving people options: If people want the shorter line at the airport or ... their weapons; to protect our people and places if infiltration occurs; and to respond and recover if an attack is carried out. This is embodied in ...

Q4 2004 Ciments Français S.A. Conference Call - Final
... lively. [Indiscernible], I see your communications manager [indiscernible] cocktails. The cocktails, are the drinks ready? So if you have got no more questions, well thank you very much for your attention, and come and share a drink with us, and maybe ...

CHINA-MILITARY-TAIWAN
... National People's Congress (NPC), which promises a military response if Taiwan formally breaks away does not represent a toughening of ... island part of its territory awaiting reunification, by force if necessary. AFP PHOTO AFP or Agence France-Presse, 2005

Q4 2004 Penn West Petroleum Earnings Conference Call - Final
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Profile: Music CDs designed to be appreciated with visual counterparts
... Music CDs designed to be appreciated with visual counterparts Host: SHEILAH KAST Time: 12:00 Noon-1:00 PM SHEILAH KAST, host: ` If I see picture, I hear music. I always work visually.' Those were film composer Danny Elfman's words on this program last week ...

PAULA DOBRIANSKY UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE FOR GLOBAL AFFAIRS PAULA DOBRIANSKY DELIVERS REMARKS AT THE 61ST SESSION OF THE U.N. COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
... Panel that the Commission should abandon an elected membership. If we do not reclaim this Commission for its mandate, we are allowing ... choose one's government still elude many of the world's people. If men and women are bold enough to stand up and confront tyrants ...

Analysis: Iraq's National Assembly meets for the first time tomorrow
... Assembly session begins. NPR's Anthony Kuhn joins us from Baghdad to discuss the developments now. Will the Assembly convene even if the major parties have failed to reach a complete agreement on the formation of a government? ANTHONY KUHN reporting: We think ...

PORTUGAL-WEATHER-BEACH
... of Lisbon 17 March 2005. The temperatures forecast announced a maximum of 29 degrees celsius, which will be a record level temperature, if reached, for this time of the season in Lisbon. AFP PHOTO/ NICOLAS ASFOURI. AFP or Agence France-Presse, 2005

DaimlerChrysler February 2005 Sales Conference Call - Final
... supply, and that is down from 96 days in January, where as -- if you remember we told you we were looking for some reduction ... interests in the material; provided, however, that members of the news media may redistribute limited portions (less than 250 words ...

China's Parliament Passes Law Warning Taiwan Not to Secede
... authorizing the use of force against Taiwan, if it moves toward formal independence ... VIDEOTAPE) (APPLAUSE) CARL CAMERON, FOX NEWS CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over ... especially in the Middle East. FOX News correspondent Molly Henneberg has the ...

Europe Tries to Solve Problem of Terrorist Suspects
... go but still considers suspects. (on camera): Several other nations have the same dilemma. What do you do with the hundreds, if not thousands, of people detained in the war on terrorism? And nowhere is the problem more acute than at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba ...

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT W. NEY (R-OH) CHAIRMAN U.S. REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT W. NEY (R-OH) HOLDS HEARING ON RURAL HOUSING OVERSIGHT
... prepayment problem. It found in general good news. Only 10 percent of the properties, approximately ... just beat Maryland. I hate to break the news to you. (LAUGHTER) SHEAR: I will get over ... particular involvement here. That is good news. I think one of the problems we have in ...

Analysis: Various definitions of torture against prisoners
... showed that the stress-and-duress techniques worked. That's if the information given is correct. Many experts say a detainee ... Jackie Northam, NPR News, Washington. MONTAGNE: This is NPR News. Content and Programming copyright 2005 National Public Radio ...