Fact-Checking The Candidates' Debate
Sep 27th, 2008 · Scott Simon and NPR's Tom Gjelten fact-check the foreign policy positions of the candidates in last night's presidential debate.
Sep 27th, 2008 · Scott Simon and NPR's Tom Gjelten fact-check the foreign policy positions of the candidates in last night's presidential debate.
Sep 8th, 2008 · Tom Gjelten's new book, Bacardi and the Long Fight For Cuba, threads the history of the family-owned Bacardi Rum Co. together with that of the nation in which it was founded.
Sep 8th, 2008 · Hurricane Gustav pummeled Cuba last week before the storm made landfall in the U.S. Now, Hurricane Ike is sweeping across the island, days after Cuba rejected storm aid from the U.S. Michael Voss, a Cuba-based journalist for the BBC, and NPR's Tom Gjelten, offer an update on Cuba and the political implications of the storm.
Jul 31st, 2008 · A new White House executive order clarifies reforms made in the U.S. intelligence and national security sectors since 2004. Legislation that year created the post of national security director — and some uncertainty. NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with correspondent Tom Gjelten about the new rules.
Aug 15th, 2006 · U.S. officials say the newly released photos of a recuperating Fidel Castro show his condition to be approximately as the Cuban government claimed it was. In the two-week period following his surgery, the Cuban government appeared steady. The government's performance raises questions about predictions that Castro's death will bring rapid change on the island. Tom Gjelten reports.