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After high-profile firings by the Pentagon, is Stars & Stripes still independent?

NPR | By Danielle Kurtzleben ,

Henry Larson, Tinbete Ermyas

Published August 22, 2026 at 4:30 PM CDT

NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with Lara Korte, former reporter for Stars and Stripes, following her controversial firing from the publication, along with its publisher and editor-in-chief.

Danielle Kurtzleben

Danielle Kurtzleben is a White House correspondent on NPR's Washington Desk. She appears regularly on the NPR Politics Podcast and other NPR shows.

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Henry Larson

Tinbete Ermyas

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