“The Republican presidential candidate [Donald Trump] provoked condemnation from leaders in both parties and around the world. He did that by proposing to bar all Muslims from entering the United States.” WorldStatesUnitedPartyLeaderUnited StatesTrumpRepublicanBarsAround The WorldPresidentialCandidatesEnteringCondemnationPresidential CandidateProvoked Author:Steve Inskeep
“India may be overtaking China as the world's most polluted country. Even now, which country is worse depends on the day.” WorldMayCountryDependsIndiaChinaOvertaking Author:Steve Inskeep
“Toward the end of the campaign, we interviewed some voters in Raleigh, N.C., which is a generally Democratic city, and I'm thinking of a young couple. They had two kids. They described themselves as Christian. They oppose gay marriage. And they were saying that even though they didn't like Donald Trump, they were thinking of voting for him. And one of the reasons was they felt that they were - their very views were making them socially unacceptable. They were feeling a little alienated from the world.” ThinkingWorldLittlesTwoEndsReasonFeelingsKidsChristianYoungFeltViewsCitiesTrumpCoupleGayDemocraticCampaignsVotingVotersGay MarriageRaleighYoung Couples Author:Steve Inskeep
“When the Defense Department was established after World War II, a law said that any defense secretary with military experience must have been out of the military at least seven years. General [James] Mattis doesn't meet that.” WorldYearsHas BeensSaidWarLawMilitarySevenDefenseWar Of The WorldsDepartmentWorld War IiWorld War ISecretarySeven YearsGeneral James MattisMilitary Experience Author:Steve Inskeep
“You do have this circumstance in Karachi that because people know things are changing, the stakes are higher. Everyone is thinking, "My home is threatened, my job is threatened, my identity is threatened, my world is threatened." And that creates a very particular sort of climate, that is linked.” PeopleThinkingWorldHomeIdentityCircumstances Author:Steve Inskeep