John Limbert, who spent 444 days as a hostage in Tehran, stepped down as head of the State Department’s Iran desk on Friday. Limbert says that while the White House has made persistent efforts to change the tone of America’s relationship with Iran, conflicts between the two nations are deeply ingrained.
Crews working through the night beat back flames and built containment lines around a two-day old wildfire that charred nearly 22 square miles of brush. The blaze was 62 percent contained Saturday morning and no structures were threatened, Fire Capt. Sam Padilla said. He said there were no open flames, which slowed the fire’s spread.
John Limbert, who spent 444 days as a hostage in Tehran, stepped down as head of the State Department’s Iran desk on Friday. Limbert says that while the White House has made persistent efforts to change the tone of America’s relationship with Iran, conflicts between the two nations are deeply ingrained.
As observers, friendly and otherwise, sift through the 91,000 Afghan war documents released by WikiLeaks, host Guy Raz sifts through the debate over leaks and secrecy. He talks with Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief, who still fumes about what he says was a leak that cut off contact with Obama Bin Laden. Raz also speaks with former Pentagon reporter Jamie McIntyre and Associated Press editor Ted Bridis about the wire service’s investigation of Freedom of Information delays in the Department of Homeland Security.
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It’s an irresistible story. A building painter in Fresno, Calif., announces negatives he bought for $45 at a yard sale were taken by Ansel Adams. But the renowned photographer’s family thinks the story is too good to be true, and the heat’s on to prove the negatives’ authenticity.
Crews working through the night beat back flames and built containment lines around a two-day old wildfire that charred nearly 22 square miles of brush. The blaze was 62 percent contained Saturday morning and no structures were threatened, Fire Capt. Sam Padilla said. He said there were no open flames, which slowed the fire’s spread.
As observers, friendly and otherwise, sift through the 91,000 Afghan war documents released by WikiLeaks, host Guy Raz sifts through the debate over leaks and secrecy. He talks with Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief, who still fumes about what he says was a leak that cut off contact with Obama Bin Laden. Raz also speaks with former Pentagon reporter Jamie McIntyre and Associated Press editor Ted Bridis about the wire service’s investigation of Freedom of Information delays in the Department of Homeland Security.
Host Guy Raz speaks with James Fallows of The Atlantic about the leak of thousands of secret Army documents to the website WikiLeaks and the ethics charges against Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel of New York.
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It’s an irresistible story. A building painter in Fresno, Calif., announces negatives he bought for $45 at a yard sale were taken by Ansel Adams. But the renowned photographer’s family thinks the story is too good to be true, and the heat’s on to prove the negatives’ authenticity.
President Obama went to Michigan on Friday, the “ground zero” of the recession, to kick off a campaign highlighting the turnaround in the U.S. auto industry.