Sep 17 Health Groups Work To Raise Awareness, Combat Veteran Suicide Rates In Kentucky Nonprofits and Louisville's VA hospital are working to raise awareness about the prevalence of suicide among military veterans. By Lisa Gillespie Sep 17 Health Groups Work To Raise Awareness, Combat Veteran Suicide In Kentucky Lisa Gillespie
Aug 21 Politics President Trump’s Address On Afghanistan, Annotated NPR journalists from across the newsroom are offering context and analysis about President Trump's remarks. Follow along here. By NPR Staff Aug 21 Politics President Trump's Address On Afghanistan, Annotated NPR Staff
Sep 27 Local News 2011 Medal of Honor Convention in Louisville This Week Several Medal of Honor recipients will be in Louisville this week for the 2011 Congressional Medal of Honor Society Convention. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the medal, which is the nation’s highest award granted for U.S. combat. Kentucky native Dakota Meyer is the newest recipient of the medal. Meyer was presented the award […] By Devin Katayama Sep 27 Local News 2011 Medal of Honor Convention in Louisville This Week Devin Katayama
Sep 11 Local News Kentuckian Will Receive Medal of Honor This Week President Barack Obama will award the nation’s highest military honor to a Kentucky native this week. Former Marine Corporal Dakota Meyer is the third living recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan. Two years ago in Afghanistan, he ran into enemy fire to find four of his fellow troops. He […] By Gabe Bullard Sep 11 Local News Kentuckian Will Receive Medal of Honor This Week Gabe Bullard
May 20 Local News Paul Questions Obama on Libya Pull Out Deadline Joined by five Senate colleagues, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Friday questioning if the president intends to pull armed forces out of Libya once the 60-day legal limit expires. According to the 1973 War Powers Resolution, the president can commit troops to hostilities without congressional approval for […] By WFPL News May 20 Local News Paul Questions Obama on Libya Pull Out Deadline WFPL News
May 2 Local News Osama bin Laden Killed in Pakistan Nearly a decade after the September 11 attacks, the founder and leader of al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, is dead. Calling it it “the most significant development” in the fight against al-Qaeda, President Barack Obama said tonight that bin Laden was killed in a firefight in Pakistan, which was the result of a “targeted assault” ordered […] By Gabe Bullard May 2 Local News Osama bin Laden Killed in Pakistan Gabe Bullard
Mar 25 Politics Yarmuth Says White House Should Be More Open on Libya Yarmuth says despite the backing of many European and Middle Eastern countries, it looks like the U.S. is leading the military action, and that's a cause for concern. Further, he's wary that the impending NATO-led humanitarian mission won't go as planned. By Gabe Bullard Mar 25 Politics Yarmuth Says White House Should Be More Open on Libya Gabe Bullard
Feb 11 Local News In Wide-Ranging Speech, Biden Discusses Egypt, Bipartisanship, War Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned shortly before Biden took the stage at the University of Louisville McConnell Center. The Vice President began his remarks with a comment on the situation. By Sheila Ash Feb 11 Local News In Wide-Ranging Speech, Biden Discusses Egypt, Bipartisanship, War Sheila Ash
Oct 22 Local News Negotiator Discusses START In Louisville Assistant Secretary for Arms Control Rose Gottemoeller's speech focused on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with the Russian Federation. START limits the number of deployed warheads each nation may have to 1,550, down from 2,200. By Gabe Bullard Oct 22 Local News Negotiator Discusses START In Louisville Gabe Bullard
Sep 14 Shuffle War Vets Saturday, September 18, 2010 9pm Producer: Conrad Bishop Listen Again The voices of fourteen men and women who served in the military during times of war. What got you into the service? What did you do there? How were you different when you came home? The program includes veterans from the Spanish Civil War through […] By Todd Mundt Sep 14 Shuffle War Vets Todd Mundt
Nov 16 Shuffle The Pipe, the Drum and the Thunder Run: Music and War Saturday, November 21, 2009 Producer: CBC Radio 2 Listen Again On this episode of The Nerve, host Jowi Taylor surveys the entwined histories of war and music. Military music is meant to stir the blood. In order to achieve this, some instruments, some compositions, some sounds are more favoured than others. The Israelites used trumpets […] By Todd Mundt Nov 16 Shuffle The Pipe, the Drum and the Thunder Run: Music and War Todd Mundt
Nov 3 Local News Kentucky Guardsman Killed In Afghanistan From Kentucky Public Radio’s Tony McVeigh A Kentucky National Guardsman on his first overseas deployment has been killed in Afghanistan. In May, 27-year old Specialist Daniel Wallace (right) of Dry Ridge deployed to Afghanistan with a Kentucky National Guard engineering unit. On Friday, while the unit was clearing roadside bombs, Wallace died in a firefight with Taliban attackers. His brother […] By Rick Howlett Nov 3 Local News Kentucky Guardsman Killed In Afghanistan Rick Howlett
Aug 5 Arts and Culture Louisville Peace Activists Commemorate 1945 Bombings Louisville area peace activists are commemorating the 63rd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. WFPL’s Elizabeth Kramer has more. On August 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and then on Nagasaki three days later to end World War II. A series of events marking the […] By Elizabeth Kramer Aug 5 Arts and Culture Louisville Peace Activists Commemorate 1945 Bombings Elizabeth Kramer