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Boston Calling: 10/10/2015 04:32 GMT: Change of Plan

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10/10/2015 04:32 GMT

10/10/2015 04:32 GMT: Change of Plan

Change of Plan

BBC World Service - Boston Calling, Change of Plan

Is the US training and equipping of foreign armies and rebels money well spent?

Over the past decade, the US has poured billions of dollars into training and equipping foreign armies and rebels, from Iraq to Afghanistan to Syria. But this strategy has yet to prove a success, and we ask a former US Army officer why this is the case. Plus, how the Obama administration’s plan to increase the number of migrants the US takes in could be a boon for local businesses. And, the 'home' away from home that is helping young Haitians in Boston cope with the trauma of the 2010 earthquake.

Also, how Bolivia reframed the conversation about coca leaves, and took on the US Drug Enforcement Administration. Remembering the life of civil rights activist Grace Lee Boggs. And, how the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 changed America and seeded today's immigration debate.

(Photo: US Army paratroopers manoeuvre through a hallway as part of squad level training at Camp Taji, Iraq. Credit: US Army)

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