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The price of oil

Bob Collins February 24, 2011, 12:47 PM Feb 24, 2011

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With uprisings continuing to sweep across the Middle East, there wasn’t much in today’s first hour of MPR’s Midday to make us think someone at the Pentagon isn’t dusting off plans to take over Saudi Arabia’s oil feeds.

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Video from Egypt

Bob Collins February 3, 2011, 11:56 AM Feb 3, 2011

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Now that the access to the Internet has been eased somewhat in Egypt, more video is starting to make its way out of the country.

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Following Egypt

Bob Collins January 28, 2011, 10:41 AM Jan 28, 2011

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The complexity of protests explored.

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Is there any hope for Somalia?

Bob Collins January 25, 2011, 3:01 PM Jan 25, 2011

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Somalis in London, Mogadishu, and St. Paul will examine the future.

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One photo: A burial at Arlington

Bob Collins January 4, 2011, 12:01 PM Jan 4, 2011

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Cpl. Sean Osterman, 21, of Princeton was buried at Arlington National Cemetery today.

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Mixed reviews for Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

Bob Collins November 30, 2010, 1:05 PM Nov 30, 2010

The long-awaited study of whether openly-gay people should be allowed to serve in the military is out, and there’s plenty in it for both sides of the issue to point to to support their position.

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Faces of honor

Bob Collins November 25, 2010, 4:29 AM Nov 25, 2010

It’s been a week since Sgt. Sal Giunta received the Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama. I don’t know about you, but I haven’t gotten tired of hearing from him. He was on David Letterman’s show last night.

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The ‘feminization’ of the Medal of Honor?

Bob Collins November 17, 2010, 3:01 PM Nov 17, 2010

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Brian Fischer, an official with the American Family Association, is getting some well-deserved criticism today for criticizing recent recipients of the Medal of Honor because they were honored for saving lives, not taking them.

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The PTSD roadblock

Bob Collins November 15, 2010, 2:22 PM Nov 15, 2010

It’s easier to track the mental health treatment veterans are getting than the treatment — or lack of it — that active duty soldiers are.

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One Photo, One Interview: Veterans Day

Bob Collins November 11, 2010, 1:05 PM Nov 11, 2010

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At an event in San Francisco yesterday to help veterans get some services. Today’s first hour of Midday is highly recommended listening. Award-winning military correspondent Joe Galloway joined Gary Eichten for a riveting hour about being a photographer and reporter at war. Galloway criticized the fact that most people in the country “have no skin Read more →

One Picture: The face of war

Bob Collins October 7, 2010, 10:51 AM Oct 7, 2010

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Robert Baldwin of Muscatine, Iowa was buried yesterday at Arlington National Cemetery. He was killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan last month. This is one of his four children.

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The war on the brain injury

Bob Collins September 9, 2010, 1:48 PM Sep 9, 2010

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A new report says the U.S. military is denying Purple Hearts to soldiers who suffer traumatic brain injuries.

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Stretched thin?

Bob Collins August 25, 2010, 2:08 PM Aug 25, 2010

Is the National Guard still able to help out in times of emergency back home?

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Afghanistan: A voice from the grave

Bob Collins August 9, 2010, 11:13 AM Aug 9, 2010

Tom Little was an optometrist who was among 10 members of a medical aid group found shot to death in Afghanistan on Friday by suspected Taliban members.

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