Last WWI Vet Buckles Will Lie in Basement at Arlington, Not Capitol Rotunda
Mar 11th 2011 – 3:14 PM
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WASHINGTON -- The last American doughboy from World War I will lie in honor in a basement chapel of the amphitheater of Arlington National Cemetery -- not the U.S. Capitol rotunda -- and then be...
NPR CEO Vivian Schiller's Ouster May Be Last Straw for Taxpayer Funding
Mar 9th 2011 – 3:01 PM
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WASHINGTON -- Republicans set on eliminating taxpayer funding of public broadcasting would be hard-pressed to write a better script than the recent comedy of errors that reached a dramatic climax...
Forget 'Death Panels' -- Poll Says Most Want Better Life, Not Longer
Mar 8th 2011 – 12:23 PM
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WASHINGTON -- A large majority of Americans say the quality of life, not the length, is more important when their days are numbered. But more than half also say the health care system should spare no...
CEO Vivian Schiller Defends NPR Against Budget Cuts
Mar 7th 2011 – 5:57 PM
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WASHINGTON -- The embattled head of NPR laid out the case today for rejecting Republican lawmakers' efforts to end federal funding for public broadcasting, even while acknowledging that the network...
Buckles' Daughter Not Taking 'No' for an Answer on Rotunda Honor
Mar 5th 2011 – 8:07 PM
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WASHINGTON -- The daughter of Frank Buckles is not giving up her campaign to see the last veteran of World War I lie in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, even though House and Senate leaders are seeking...
Amid Buckles Ruckus, Sgt. York's Grandson Says Family Turned Down Capitol Rotunda
Mar 4th 2011 – 11:29 PM
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WASHINGTON -- In stark contrast to the wishes of the last American World War I veteran, the family of one of the most highly decorated soldiers of that conflict turned down offers to have Sgt. Alvin...
Study: Millennial Leaders Are Isolationist; Like Obama, Not Palin
Mar 4th 2011 – 6:32 PM
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WASHINGTON -- They favor isolationism but revere wartime leaders who used America's power abroad. They worry about China almost as much as Iran as a likely future foe. And they think Barack Obama is...
2 US Airmen Slain in Germany Came From Military Families
Mar 4th 2011 – 11:50 AM
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One told his mother not to worry about an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan. He said he would be "in a fairly safe place" just as he had been in during a previous tour in Iraq. The other was an...
Fred Phelps' Daughters May Misread Bible but They Know the Law
Mar 3rd 2011 – 5:49 PM
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After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the hate-spewing Westboro Baptist Church has a right to picket military funerals, Shirley Phelps-Roper promised to "double and triple our efforts" to stage...
Westboro Court Decision Pits Free Speech Against Common Decency
Mar 2nd 2011 – 2:32 PM
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WASHINGTON -- Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church may have won their case in the U.S. Supreme Court today, but not even the most ardent advocates of free speech are rejoicing. "On a personal...
The Dish on First Ladies, From Martha Washington to Michelle Obama
Mar 2nd 2011 – 10:03 AM
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Alex Brandon, AP
WASHINGTON -- If President Barack Obama wants to expand broadband coverage to most Americans, he might want to start at home. That's because, according to first lady Michelle Obama's former chief of...
The Book on Frank Buckles: America's Last Doughboy
Feb 28th 2011 – 7:30 PM
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I met Frank Woodruff Buckles on a chilly March afternoon in 2007 at his farmhouse in Charles Town, W.Va. He was a mere 106 years old back then. The last surviving American veteran of World War I...
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