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An Army brigadier general who served in Afghanistan and Iraq has been named director of the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs. Stephen Curda is a…
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The U.S. has taken in nearly 270,000 immigrants and refugees during the past decade from the seven countries affected by President Donald Trump's travel…
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Members of Springfield’s Muslim community turned out for a demonstration on Monday against President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration.
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Republican Senate candidate Jim Oberweis says ground troops may be needed in Iraq to defeat the group calling itself the Islamic State, or ISIS. But he…
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Illinois U.S. Senator Mark Kirk says the only way to stop ISIS from executing American journalists is for reporters to get out of Iraq. IPR’s Patrick…
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U-S Senator Mark Kirk says he supports air strikes in Iraq but says they’re not enough. The Illinois Republican spoke on the issue at an unrelated Chicago…
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U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk each say they support limited air strikes over Iraq, to try to deter the Islamic State terrorist organization. But…