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Middle East

June 12 - A Military assessment of ISIS's Lightening Offensive; ISIS's Ambitious Map of an Islamic Caliphate; Sebastian Junger Discuss his Latest Film Korengal

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June 11 - The Latest Fallout from the Disastrous Bush/ Cheney Intervention in Iraq; Combating Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones

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June 9 - Obama's Move to Ease Student Debt; The Pakistani Taliban's New Front in Karachi; The Wal-Mart Driver who Crashed after No Sleep for 24 Hours

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June 8 - The U.S. and Iran Meet to Jump-Start Negotiations; The "Coronation" of Egypt's General Sisi; Billionaire Bullion Buying our Politics

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June 6 - Blowback from Syria; A Marine Veteran of Afghanistan on the Shameful Attack on an American POW; Spies and Hackers in the World of Cyber-Espionage

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June 1 - Could the Prisoner Swap Lead to Larger Deals on the Future of Afghanistan?; Why the Left Makes Excuses for the Murderous Assad Regime; China's Official Amnesia as the 25th Anniversary of Tiananmen Aproaches

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May 28 - Obama's New Foreign Policy Vision; Has Obama's "Team of Rivals" Hamstrung His Foreign Policy?

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May 25 - The Watered-Down NSA Surveillance Reform Bill; A Middle East Without U.S. Leadership; Shutting Down Legal Abortion Clinics in the South

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May 14 - Boko Haram's Backers and Nigeria's Disgruntled Military; Europe's "Right to be Left Along" as Internet Censorship; The UN Mediator Quits as Syria's Murderous Stalemate Continues

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May 11 - Ukraine's Bogus Referendum and Forthcoming Election; South Korea's Ferry Tragedy Impacts its President As Authorities Pursue Cult; Israel's Active Spying on the U.S.

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