"Massive defense policy bill takes steps to restrain Trump" PBS NewsHour 8/13/2018
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SUMMARY: President Donald Trump signed a sweeping defense authorization bill Monday that offers a statement of policy as well as spending priorities totaling more than $700 billion. Nick Schifrin joins Amna Nawaz to discuss the scope beyond the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to long-term strategic threats from Russia and China, plus policy on North Korea, civilian deaths in Yemen and soldiers’ pay.
"‘The Fighters’ help us understand Iraq and Afghanistan wars" PBS NewsHour 8/13/2018
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SUMMARY: No matter what you may think about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the more than 3 million men and women who have fought are America's sons and daughter, wives and husbands, brothers and sisters. In “The Fighters: Americans in Combat in Afghanistan and Iraq,” reporter and veteran C.J. Chivers tells their stories with intimacy and empathy. Chivers joins Nick Schifrin for a conversation.
