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NPR Interview: Former DHS Official Discusses Family Home Destroyed in Israeli Military Operation in Southern Lebanon

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NPR's Michel Martin interviews Fayrouz Saad, former assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, about the Israeli military's destruction of her family's ancestral home in southern Lebanon.
The interview explores the personal impact of the conflict on Lebanese-American families.

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NPR's Michel Martin interviews Fayrouz Saad, former assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, about the Israeli military's destruction of her family's ancestral home in southern Lebanon. The interview explores the personal impact of the conflict on Lebanese-American families.

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