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    Dixie Chicks Find Vindication, Take Home Five Grammys

    Two weeks before the Iraq invasion, the Dixie Chicks' lead singer Natalie Maines told a London audience, "We're ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas."  The group was banned on country radio. But that was then and this is now.  Last night the Dixie Chicks won all five of the Grammy Awards for which they were nominated.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Two weeks before the Iraq invasion, the Dixie Chicks' lead singer Natalie Maines told a London audience, "We're ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas." The group was banned on country radio. But that was then and this is now. Last night the Dixie Chicks won all five of the Grammy Awards for which they were nominated. Their big hit, "Not Ready to Make Nice," is an unapologetic response to Maines' comment about President Bush. We hear more about the politics of pop music from Geoff Boucher of the Los Angeles Times.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Vanessa Romo

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Geoff Boucher

      staff writer for the Los Angeles Times

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    Is the New Russia Looking More Like the Old?
    1. 0:00Dixie Chicks Find Vindication, Take Home Five GrammysYou’re reading this
    2. 0:00Military Offers Evidence of Iran Arming Iraqi Shiites
    3. 0:00Resurgent Russia, Friend or Foe?
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