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    Obama Administration Lays Groundwork for Action in Syria

    The US is laying out its case for action against Syria’s use of chemical weapons against civilians in that country. Judy Muller guest hosts.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Judy Muller • Aug 30, 2013 • 51m Listen

    The United States is laying out its case for action against Syria in response to a chemical weapons attack on civilians in that country. Guest host Judy Muller explores the case and the reaction. Also, more and more Americans are choosing to live alone. Why? What does it mean for our communities?

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      John Kerry Makes Case for Punishing Syria

      Secretary of State John Kerry today laid out the evidence linking Syria's Assad Regime to a chemical weapons attack on civilians and the case for US action against Syria. In a forceful speech at the State Department this morning, Kerry said , "So the primary question is really no longer: What do we know?

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      24 min
    2. 23:47

      Living Alone in America

      A new report from the US Census Bureau says the number of Americans living alone now stands at 27 percent of the population. That’s a dramatic increase from the 70’s, when the figure was only 17 percent. Living alone used to have a negative connotation, but that image is rapidly eroding.

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      28 min
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      Judy Muller

      University of Southern California

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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    In this episode

    2 stories
    1. 0:0024 min

      John Kerry Makes Case for Punishing Syria

    2. 23:4728 min

      Living Alone in America

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