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After Iowa: the GOP Survival Test in New Hampshire
Monday's unexpected results in Iowa shook up Republican Party politics. This coming Tuesday, New Hampshire voters could bring some campaigns to an end while giving new life to others. We check out the action.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenMonday's unexpected results in Iowa shook up Republican Party politics. This coming Tuesday, New Hampshire voters could bring some campaigns to an end while giving new life to others. We check out the action.
Later on the program, China's One Child Policy: a legacy of disaster.
Photo: People watch as U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz speaks during a campaign event in Hooksett, New Hampshire February 3, 2016. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)
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3 storiesAides Urge Obama to Open Military Front against ISIS in Libya
Syrian peace talks are on hold, delaying efforts to mobilize against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Meantime, President Obama is being pressed by national security aides to use military power against ISIS across the Mediterranean in Libya. Eric Schmitt, who reports from Washington for the New York Times, has an update.
Read the story7 minAfter Iowa: the GOP Survival Test in New Hampshire
Donald Trump took a major hit in Iowa, where he wasn't "the winner" as he predicted. He needs a comeback, and insults are flying. Ted Cruz scored an upset but, in New England, he's on shakier ground, while Marco Rubio is trying to make third place look like a victory.
Read the story34 minChina's "One Child" Policy Makes a Victim of Millions
China is trying to end one of the world's most radical social experiments: the "One Child" policy that limited families to a single offspring. Long-time journalist Mei Fong tells us how it started and what its legacy will be in China and in the rest of the world. She's the author of One Child: China's Most Radical Experiment .
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