Fresh Air, Thomas Ricks and Stephen Benjamin, June 19, 2007 by Terry Gross | Free Audiobook
51 min•19 juni 2007
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Title: Fresh Air, Thomas Ricks and Stephen Benjamin, June 19, 2007
Author: Terry Gross
Length: 51 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-19-07
Publisher: WHYY-FM
Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews
Summary:
Ricks will discuss his recent trip to Iraq. He is the author of the best-selling book Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq. Before his position at the Post, he wrote for the Wall Street Journal. His other books are Making the Corps and A Soldier's Duty.
Then, Stephen Benjamin, who was trained as an Arabic translator and was headed to Iraq when he was dismissed from the Navy under the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Benjamin is gay. His supervisors knew he was gay, and most of his peers also knew, and he says he was always accepted as a member of the team. Two other gay Arab translators were also dismissed. A group of U.S. Congressmen and women have asked the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee to hold hearings on the ousted linguists, stating that the continued loss of such "capable, highly skilled Arabic linguists continues to compromise our national security during [a] time of war." [Broadcast Date: June 19, 2007]
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Title: Fresh Air, Thomas Ricks and Stephen Benjamin, June 19, 2007
Author: Terry Gross
Length: 51 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-19-07
Publisher: WHYY-FM
Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews
Summary:
Ricks will discuss his recent trip to Iraq. He is the author of the best-selling book Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq. Before his position at the Post, he wrote for the Wall Street Journal. His other books are Making the Corps and A Soldier's Duty.
Then, Stephen Benjamin, who was trained as an Arabic translator and was headed to Iraq when he was dismissed from the Navy under the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Benjamin is gay. His supervisors knew he was gay, and most of his peers also knew, and he says he was always accepted as a member of the team. Two other gay Arab translators were also dismissed. A group of U.S. Congressmen and women have asked the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee to hold hearings on the ousted linguists, stating that the continued loss of such "capable, highly skilled Arabic linguists continues to compromise our national security during [a] time of war." [Broadcast Date: June 19, 2007]
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