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Dexter Filkins, author of 'The Forever War'

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Welcome to WMNF’s Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up later an interview with New York Times reporter Dexter Filkins about his new book, The Forever War, a chronicle of his experiences covering the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But first some listener comments about yesterday’s program in which we talked about the Nov. 4 election, how to research the candidates and early voting.

New York Times reporter Dexter Filkins is considered by many to be one of this country’s top war corre...