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Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures
The disparate elements of a divided Republican Party are frantic to stop the looming takeover by Donald Trump. It doesn't help that potential alternatives Rubio, Kasich and Cruz have all agreed to support him if he wins the nomination -- and there's not much time left.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenThe disparate elements of a divided Republican Party are frantic to stop the looming takeover by Donald Trump. It doesn't help that potential alternatives Rubio, Kasich and Cruz have all agreed to support him if he wins the nomination -- and there's not much time left.
Later on the program, cyber war's been a fact of life for decades…but Washington didn't take it seriously until President Ronald Reagan saw a Hollywood movie. We hear the secret history of information warfare.
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3 storiesBiden Lands in Israel amid Netanyahu Snub of Obama
Vice President Joe Biden landed in Israel today with plans to meet Benjamin Netanyahu tomorrow. The Prime Minister recently cancelled a visit to Washington — and turned down a visit to the Obama White House, as we hear from Jerusalem-based freelance reporter Joel Greenberg.
Read the story6 minDesperate Times Call for Desperate Measures by Unhappy Republicans
Big money is finally being spent by Republicans desperate to prevent Donald Trump from winning their party's presidential nomination. Mitt Romney's voice is featured in robo-calls on behalf of alternative prospects.
Read the story32 minThe Secret History of Cyber War
When he was relaxing at Camp David in 1983, Ronald Reagan happened to see the film War Games , starring the young Mathew Broderick as a "tech-whiz teenager" who thinks he's playing a computer game. It turns out that the kid has unwittingly hacked into America's real-world defense system, and he almost starts World War III.
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