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Michel Martin

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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Michel Martin

    Retired general who led troops in Iraq warns U.S. exit may give Iran, ISIS an opening (opens the original)

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    Updated September 30, 2026 at 6:44 AM PDT The last U.S. troops have left Iraq, more than two decades after the U.S.-led invasion and as the United States and Israel are at war with neighboring Iran. Iraq is marking the withdrawal as a restoration of sovereignty. Retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, who commanded U.S. troops in Iraq, says the timing could strengthen Iran and leave Iraq vulnerable to a resurgence of ISIS. "I think it's not the right time," McMaster told Morning Edition. "This is going

  2. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Michel Martin

    Class is back in session at Hillman with Netflix's 'A Different World' reboot (opens the original)

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    MICHEL MARTIN, BYLINE: You've heard it. You know it. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "A DIFFERENT WORLD THEME") UNIDENTIFIED MUSICAL ARTIST: (Singing) It's a different world from where you come from. MARTIN: That's the theme from "A Different World," the 1980s sitcom set at the fictional HBCU Hillman College. But that show wasn't just a show. It was a phenomenon, a ratings juggernaut that was also ahead of its time and using comedy to tackle issues that were then little talked about in sitcoms, like police

  3. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Michel Martin

    New DNA analysis adds evidence Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings (opens the original)

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    For more than 200 years, one question about the nation's third president has lingered: Did Thomas Jefferson father children with Sally Hemings, a woman 30 years his junior whom he held in slavery? The question has long been part of debates over slavery, race, power and Jefferson's legacy. "Thomas Jefferson wrote the most famous phrase in American history — 'All men are created equal' — and yet, if he bore children with Sally Hemings who were born into slavery, it seemed like a paradox and a cont

  4. Article · Sep 21, 2026 · Michel Martin

    How a national farm leader is dealing with record diesel prices (opens the original)

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    Updated September 21, 2026 at 12:30 PM EDT John Boyd Jr. filled up his tractor on Saturday. The bill was roughly $1,000. Boyd, a fourth-generation farmer in southwest Virginia, grows soybeans, corn and wheat and raises beef cattle. He is in the middle of harvesting corn. During this time of year, his combines and other heavy equipment run constantly. Now, he says, diesel is costing him about $7 a gallon, nearly double what he was paying a year ago. The national average for diesel has climbed to

  5. Article · Sep 21, 2026 · Michel Martin

    Retired major general questions Trump's plan for a militarized monumental arch (opens the original)

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    For another military perspective on this idea of turning the president's proposed arch into a military complex, we've called retired Major General Randy Manner. He served, among other things, as the deputy commanding general of the United States Third Army in Kuwait and as the acting vice chief of the National Guard Bureau. He's now part of a nonpartisan coalition, National Security Leaders for America. General, good morning. Thanks for joining us once again. RANDY MANNER: So much for having me.

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