Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has some questions to answer when it comes to that U.S. military attack on a boat allegedly carrying drugs that included a second strike reported to have killed survivors. If there is anyone who needs to answer questions in public and under oath,
Chapter 2: What questions does Senator Mark Kelly have about the military attack?
It is Pete Hegsath. Kelly is among that group of congressional Democrats who appeared in a video reminding members of the U.S. military that they have a duty not to follow illegal orders. Both Democrats and Republicans have voiced concerns about the attack's legality. Hegsath reportedly authorized the attack.
The White House says it was carried out by Navy Admiral Frank Bradley, who is expected to be on Capitol Hill to answer questions on Thursday. Pope Leo is in Lebanon on his first papal visit to the Middle East. Lebanon is grappling with a long-running economic and security crisis that has prompted young people in particular to leave the country.
Correspondent Jaina Raft reports on his message to them.
Young people from across Lebanon greeted the Pope with songs and skits. They brought him poignant tokens, symbolic of what the country has faced. Burnt wood from a home destroyed in war. soil into passports symbolizing suicide and emigration.
The Pope responded, Dear young people, perhaps you regret inheriting a world torn apart by wars and disfigured by social injustice. Yet there is hope and there is hope within you.
He said along with hope, they have the gift of time to shape the future. For NPR News, I'm Jane Araf in Beirut.
The nation's public health agency has taken big hits this year, losing a quarter to a third of its staff as the Trump administration seeks to downsize government agencies. NPR's Ping Huang reports that the cuts have left gaps in function at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Programs aimed at preventing cavities, car crashes, drownings and shootings have halted. Workers who respond to nuclear emergencies or to virus outbreaks that can cause birth defects are gone. Dr. Dimitri Daskalakis, a former CDC official who resigned in August, says the agency is in critical condition.
I keep calling CDC like a zombie because it's a zombie.
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