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West Point Curriculum Adjusts to Terror Threat

This weekend marks two years since the U.S. invasion of Iraq. As part of NPR's series The Span of War, NPR's Robert Smith looks at how the curriculum has changed at West Point since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the war in Iraq. There's greater emphasis now on counter-terrorism.

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Robert Smith
Robert Smith is a host for NPR's Planet Money where he tells stories about how the global economy is affecting our lives.
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