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Good morning. The U.S. and Ukraine make progress on a peace plan. Will Russia buy in?

This is delicate. It's complicated. There are a lot of moving parts, and obviously there's

another party involved here that will be a part of the equation. We will talk about it today with an

expert in foreign policy and later. Back when the penny was first struck for circulation, it was

worth something. Now, you know, there really isn't a necessity for it. A fond farewell on the

phase out of the fabulous American one-cent coin and world opinions managing editor Andrew Walker

on the Nuremberg trials and natural law.

It's Tuesday, December 2nd.

This is The World and Everything in it from listeners-supported World Radio. I'm Mary

Rikert. And I'm Nick Eicher. Good morning. Up next, Mark Mellinger with today's news.

Lawmakers from both parties are turning up the heat on the Trump administration. Defense

Secretary Pete Hegset is at the center of it all.

In September, the Washington Post reports Hegseth gave SEAL Team 6 a verbal order that led to a second strike on an alleged drugboat from Venezuela after the first strike did not kill the entire crew.

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