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Biden's "Moonshot" Cure to Cancer a Call to Action
Decades after President Richard Nixon declared "war on cancer," 600,000 Americans die from it every year. Vice President Joe Biden is guarding against unrealistic expectations with a "Moon Shot" aimed at doubling the rate of medical progress rather than promising a cure.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenDecades after President Richard Nixon declared "war on cancer," 600,000 Americans die from it every year. Vice President Joe Biden is guarding against unrealistic expectations with a "Moon Shot" aimed at doubling the rate of medical progress rather than promising a cure.
Later on the program, Hollywood is one of America's most politically liberal communities. So why don't movies, TV and cable shows reflect the reality of increased diversity.
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After a lengthy investigation, British Foreign Secretary Sir Robert Owen said today that Russian President Vladimir Putin probably ordered the murder of a former KGB agent who fled to the West and sought asylum. Griff Witte is London Bureau Chief for the Washington Post .
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This month's State of the Union Address was unusually short of sweeping, long-range promises, but President Obama did endorse the ambitious goals of Vice President Biden's "Moon Shot" against cancer. The disease takes hundreds of different forms and varies from person to person. The Vice President says he can't promise a single "cure."
Read the story33 minThe Oscars Are Still So White, but Why?
This year's Oscar nominees are so exclusively white that Will Smith and other black actors are talking about a boycott. The Academy's critics say the real problem lies with overwhelmingly white Hollywood studios.
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