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While there has been some U.S. military success in Iraq, a "substantial drawdown" of American forces is needed this year, Bill Clinton says. U.S. troops are so stretched that it would be difficult for them to respond to a national security emergency, the former president says.

During World War II, the U.S. Army published a book of cultural dos and don'ts for soldiers serving in Iraq. Army Lt. Col. John Nagl, who wrote the foreword to a new re-issue, says he wishes he'd had the manual when he went to Iraq in 2003.

Opium harvested from poppy fields in Afghanistan is helping to fund the insurgency throughout the country. Author Gretchen Peters says the growing alliance between drug traffickers, terrorist groups and the Taliban has made the Taliban richer and more ruthless.

Bill Streever's new book, Cold, is a collection of chilly vignettes about frozen Arctic explorers, killer blizzards and icicle frogs — among other icy topics.

High winds buffeted the region Thursday but the Willow Creek Fire in Jefferson County did not grow in size.

"For most people, this is going to be the most expensive hamburger they've eaten in their life," says economic analyst Joe Deaux of the street.com. Prices are soaring because of the on-going drought.

The Osprey is a military aircraft that has the power of an airplane and the ability to maneuver like a helicopter. Once hailed as the military vehicle of the future, the Osprey has encountered a number of setbacks, the latest of which came Tuesday when four people alleged to be responsible for a 2003 shutdown of the Marines' Osprey fleet were indicted.

At Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, the Army has created a new team to care for wartime amputees with different approaches and new technology.

Leo Robert Klein is a librarian, a Web developer and a devotee of dance music. He offers samples of some of his favorites in the latest edition of "What Are You Listening To?" from All Things Considered. NPR's Steve Inskeep listens along.

Keldon Joyner, a Montana performer whose drag persona goes by Anita Shadow, read books about wildlife and diverse identities at the zoo as part of pride celebrations scheduled in Billings for the last full week of June.