PM Public Radio: Dec 8
The World: Afghanistan and Pakistan reports top the program today. First, Katy Clark reports on the top US commander for the war in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal’s visit to the White House today. Then Marco Werman speaks with Shuja Nawaz, Director of the South Asia Center at The Atlantic Council of the United States, about how the US and Pakistan might be able to work together in fighting Taliban forces along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
All Things Considered: The Justice Department has settled a 13-year old lawsuit brought by a group of American Indian Tribes. The tribes were seeking compensation for land and oil royalties they felt they were owed. The government will now pay them $13 billion in the settlement. Ari Shapiro reports. Correction: the settlement is for an estimated $3.4 billion.
Marketplace: The US Patent Office is trying to change its protocols so that it can fast-track patent approval for “green” technologies. But Nancy Marshall-Genzer reports that the changes might have unintended consequences.
