Mary Louise Kelly
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Politics
The top U.S. Diplomat in Ukraine still hopes Putin chooses diplomacy
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Kristina Kvien who, as the Charge d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, is the top American official on the ground in Kyiv.
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World
Former Ukrainian prime minister discusses the possibility of an attack from Russia
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk about the threat of a Russian invasion.
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World
French diplomat talks about the stakes of the ongoing Ukraine conflict
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Emmanuel Bonne, the diplomatic and national security advisor to French President Emmanuel Macron, about Russia and Ukraine.
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National
What the recently approved bankruptcy deal means for Puerto Rico
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Natalie Jaresko, executive director of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, about the territory's recently approved bankruptcy deal.
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World
Why finding the missing pieces of Anne Frank's family story is still important today
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Rosemary Sullivan about working on a book that potentially reveals who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family.
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National
Former army general on how the U.S. could back a Ukranian insurgency against Russia
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Peter Zwack, former U.S. Army Brigadier General and global fellow at the Wilson Center, about the possibility of the U.S. arming Ukraine in an insurgency.
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Health
In Afghanistan, a food crisis is worsening
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Filipe Ribeiro, the Afghanistan representative for Doctors Without Borders, to hear about the severe lack of food the country is facing.
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World
U.S. is 'fully prepared' if Russia invades Ukraine, secretary of state says
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. is planning "things that we have not done in the past" if Russia invades Ukraine. Where do things stand now, and what can the U.S. do at this point?
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National
The life of Yao Pan Ma, who died of an attack prosecutors say was racially motivated
Yao Pan Ma, 61, died on New Year's Eve of injuries from an April 2021 attack. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with his family's spokesperson Karlin Chan about ongoing violence against Asian Americans.
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National
Over $5 billion in welfare spends were left unspent by states
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with reporter Hannah Dreyfus from ProPublica about the $5.2 billion of welfare funds that were left unspent by states, despite poverty in the U.S. worsening.