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Joel Achenbach

Washington Post

Reporter covering science and politics for the Washington Post

FROM Joel Achenbach

Congress Questions NASA’s Plan to Redirect Asteroids
To the Point

Congress Questions NASA’s Plan to Redirect Asteroids Last month, a 30-foot wide asteroid passed about four times closer to Earth than the moon. But in February, another small asteroid exploded over Russia and 1500 people were injured by flying debris.

8 min, 23 sec Jul 22, 2013

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One year later, the threat of more mudslides still exists One year ago, torrential rain pelted the hillside community of Montecito, which was scorched a month earlier by the Thomas Fire. It unleashed a flow of mud and boulders the size of cars and killed 23 people.

27 min, 9 sec Jan 11, 2019

Belly up to the Barr
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Belly up to the Barr Bill Barr is set to reprise his role as Attorney General, but this time for the Trump administration. Why would he want the job now?

28 min, 28 sec Jan 16, 2019

Supersize Lies
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Supersize Lies We’re not talking about the hamberders.

51 min, 32 sec Jan 18, 2019

National Security: An Adult in the Room
To the Point

National Security: An Adult in the Room America’s mainstream media are obsessed with President Trump’s off-hand policymaking in military and foreign affairs. But his mistakes don’t justify the unquestioned authority given the Pentagon, the CIA and the FBI.

1 hr, 21 sec Jan 10, 2019

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