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From the Director: U.S. House votes to claw back public media funding
The House has approved a proposal to eliminate $700 million in already-approved funding for public media. If enacted, it would strip essential services and could force rural stations off the air. The Senate will take up the bill next.

Iraqi Parliament Agrees on Senior Leadership

By Jamie Tarabay
Published April 22, 2006 at 2:00 PM MDT
Old and new: From left, outgoing prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari; Abd Al-Aziz Hakim; Noori Shawes and new prime minister Jawad al-Malki.
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Old and new: From left, outgoing prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari; Abd Al-Aziz Hakim; Noori Shawes and new prime minister Jawad al-Malki.

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Jamie Tarabay
After reporting from Iraq for two years as NPR's Baghdad Bureau Chief, Jamie Tarabay is now embarking on a two year project reporting on America's Muslims. The coverage will take in the country's approx 6 million Muslims, of different ethnic, socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, and the issues facing their daily lives as Americans.
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