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How The Trump Administration's Transgender Troop Ban Is Affecting One Military Family

The Trump administration gave transgender service members a deadline to secure a medical diagnosis before the new ban took hold. But military families are struggling with the accelerated timeline.
Lauren Hodges

Ailsa Chang
Politics

Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan Investigated Over Ties To Boeing

Patrick Shanahan spent 30 years as a Boeing executive before joining the Defense Department as deputy secretary. The inspector general will examine whether Shanahan improperly promoted Boeing.
Mark Katkov
Technology

The moral dilemma of Microsoft's HoloLens contract with the military

Bill Radke spoke with a former creative director for HoloLens Monte Michaelis and Wendell Wallach, scholar at the Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, about how the technology could be used in war, and what Microsoft’s responsibility is.
Bill Radke

Jennie Cecil Moore
Politics

Russia's new missile is aimed at... Snohomish County?

Could a military site in Snohomish County really be a target for a new Russian missile?
Gil Aegerter
Technology

Microsoft Workers Protest Army Contract With Tech 'Designed To Help People Kill'

They say Microsoft's contract "crosses the line" into weapons development for the first time and that the company is failing to inform its engineers "on the intent of the software they are building."
Avie Schneider

Laura Sydell
National

After Falling Short, U.S. Army Gets Creative With New Recruiting Strategy

The U.S. Army is looking for recruits in new places like Instagram and e-sports tournaments. NPR's Leila Fadel asked Gen. Frank Muth, head of the Army Recruiting Command, about the new strategies.
Leila Fadel

Amanda Morris
December 27th | What's your anthem of the year?

Emotional and inspirational, we hear about your personal anthem of the year. We also take a look at the new Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, and his time at Boeing and the University of Washington. Plus, a conversation with historians Paul Dorpat and Jean Sherrard about their collaboration, "Seattle Now and Then."
Marcie Sillman
Technology

Amazon designing system for 'dangerous mass surveillance,' employee says

Now an anonymous Amazon worker warns: “We will not silently build technology to oppress and kill people, whether in our country or in others.”
Carolyn Adolph
Government

Who are the warriors?

In 1980 the Census Bureau reported that 18 percent of Americans served in the armed forces. By 2016 that number dropped to 7 percent. What do veterans want civilians to know?
Ross Reynolds
How a military healthcare overhaul could have killed patients in Washington

Andy Hurst talks with Politico editor Arthur Allen about a new report from the Pentagon that found massive problems with the U.S. military's effort to...
Andy Hurst

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