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Is America's longest war being forgotten?

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A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

A new poll shows that 64% of Americans no longer believe the war in Afghanistan is worth fighting.

Yesterday, U.S. senators paid little attention to General David Petraeus' first public report since he took command last year.

News coverage was minimal. But despite all the competing events from Japan to North Africa to Capitol Hill,

98,000 American soldiers are still on the ground. Have the goals of the war changed since September 11th?

Can it be won? How many troops should come home? How soon?

On reporters' notebook later on, will NPR get another hit from Congress? First, here's

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Hello again. Warman-Aulany, back with To the Point.

It's a crucial moment for the war in Afghanistan, but General Petraeus is not getting much attention as he testifies to Congress about what he calls progress that is fragile and reversible.

With public opinion turning against the war, what's next for 98,000 American soldiers?

On the Porter's notebook, House Republicans voted to take public

broadcasting out of the rest of this year's budget. Now they want a permanent funding ban on

NPR. First, this news update because of Japan's nuclear crisis. China today suspended approval

of 28 nuclear power plants. Germany is shutting down reactors for safety checks, while other countries are

denouncing what they call nuclear hysteria. Energy Secretary Stephen Chu says new power plants are

still part of America's plans for clean electricity, but he told Congress today that events in

Japan are worse than three-mile island. They're unfolding very rapidly on an hour-by-hour, day-by-day basis, and there are conflicting

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