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STEVE INSKEEP, host:

You know, we've been asking you to tell us about your sibling relationships. We went out on the streets and also called out to our fans on Facebook. Eighteen hundred people responded and here is some of what they told us.

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Ms. LAYNE YACAPIN-MONTROSE: I'm the youngest of two.

Ms. BEK ANDERSEN: I'm the seventh of eight.

Mr. KEVIN GERARD LEWIS: I have one brother and I have two sisters.

Ms. KELLY REED GARCIA: There are six of us. We all grew up in the same household. We don't call each other half siblings. We call each other siblings.

I was instantly enthralled when someone dropped by KCRW early this year with a CD from a little-known L.A. band called The Belle Brigade, led by siblings Barbara and Ethan Gruska. The songs were exhilarating — tight, catchy folk-pop gems that referenced the likes of Paul Simon and Fleetwood Mac.

I instantly gravitated toward it, and in April, The Belle Brigade played live on Morning Becomes Eclectic the day of its album release. This performance captures a rising band whose charisma is sure to win over audiences far beyond L.A.

Growing numbers of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are balking both at the length of the war in Afghanistan and its cost.

Late last month, a few weeks after U.S. forces killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, the Republican-run House voted on a bipartisan amendment aimed at hastening an end to the war in Afghanistan. To the surprise of many, it fell just six votes shy of passing.

Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ) was one of 26 members of his party who joined nearly every Democrat in voting for the measure.

"I was never one, even when George Bush was in the White House, to say we should be engaged in nation building," Garrett said. "I never thought that was the appropriate role of the United States."