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(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) DAVID GREENE, HOST: And it is time for StoryCorps on this Friday. Today, two Vietnam War veterans who lost touch after the war. Kay Lee was a combat medic from San Francisco. John Nordeen was a soldier from Seattle. They were bot
1. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says not everyone can be a combat soldier, but everyone should have the chance. He announced that the military is lifting the ban on women serving in combat, telling reporters that women in the military are an integr
I'm Anderson Cooper, welcome to podcast, the feelings, in facts about lifting the ban on women in combat, aslo the ridiculous. Let's get started. Tonight, how politicians who oppose women serving in combat, reconcile their position, with the facts ab
今天我们要学的词是repeal. To repeal 意思是废止,放弃。Voters in Ireland went to the polls last Friday to decide whether to keep or repeal a constitutional amendment banning abortions in most cases. 爱尔兰选民上周五前往投票
Merry Christmas everybody! 祝大家圣诞节快乐! Now, we're not going to take much of your time because today is about family and being together with the ones you love. 今天我们不会占用大家太多时间,因为今天是和家人、和亲
There is nothing final about the Final Fantasy series. In the 13th installment, you'll play several characters who have been chosen by god-like being to save their floating world known as Kakoon. The setting is inventive and vast in ways you would ex
Teachers Taught to Combat Homophobia The instructor training program begins with a staged scene. High school actors, playing high school students, walk into their English class talking about a teen who was beaten up the day before. If Travis wanted g
At a colorful ceremony in one of Saddam Hussein's old palaces outside Baghdad, the U.S. military formally ended its combat role in Iraq and passed command of the remaining 50,000 American troops to a new four-star general. A U.S. military band played
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates visited Western Iraq Wednesday, the place where U.S. troops and local tribal leaders began an effort four years ago that helped turn the tide of the Iraq war. Gates stopped in al-Anbar Province on his way to Baghda
Senegalese authorities have arrested seven Koranic teachers for forcing children to beg in Dakar. Senegalese police arrested the seven Koranic teachers, also known as marabouts, after the government announced a crackdown on begging in the capital. Hu
Women Soldiers Pay Price on Front Lines When it comes to fighting on the front lines, Army Staff Sergeant Cassandra Partee has been there and done that. Her first deployment was to Iraq as part of an artillery unit eight years ago. We would go out on
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: On Memorial Day, we remember soldiers who were killed while serving their country. But those who have died by suicide are often overlooked. Army Specialist Robert Joseph Allen took his own life in 2012 when the suicide rate for act
Civil War Battlefield 'Limb Pit' Reveals Work Of Combat Surgeons DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. At a Civil War battlefield in Virginia, scientists have unearthed a pit of human bones. These are the amputated limbs of wounded soldiers. NPR's Christoph
This week marked the fifth anniversary of the speech President Bush gave on a U.S. aircraft carrier, in which he declared the end of major combat in Iraq. The anniversary came at the end of a difficult month for U.S. forces in Iraq, and caused some r
Australian combat troops have begun leaving Iraq. Their departure fulfills an election promise by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who pledged to pull his country's out of Iraq by the middle of 2008. 澳大利亚作战部队开始撤离伊拉克。这项撤离
By Deborah Tate Washington 27 February 2008 Abill to cut off funding for the Iraq war survived a procedural vote in the U.S. Senate Tuesday. The action came as Army officials told lawmakers they hope combat tours to Iraq and Afghanistan can be shorte
Villagers gather in front of a dam near the village of Labgar in northern Senegal on 12 Nov 2009. There is little to show for it apart from small acacia shrubs, but Senegal's leader believes in a Great Green Wall that will stem desertification across
As U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Kabul Tuesday, the top U.S. and NATO commander there said he needs well over 10,000 more troops, in addition to several thousand President Bush announced last week. The commander, Army General David
U.S. President George Bush is sending more U.S. forces to Afghanistan while withdrawing about 8,000 troops from Iraq. Those wars and U.S. troop levels are part of this year's presidential campaign. 美国总统布什在从伊拉克撤回8千士兵的同
今天我们要学的词是stress。 Stress, 是压力、紧张的意思。Emotional stress, 是情绪紧张,mental stress, 是精神压力。I experienced a lot of stress before the tournament, 是说比赛开始前,我紧张极了。Yoga is a v