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VPR Newscast: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 12 p.m.

Vermont Public | By Mitch Wertlieb,

Published December 3, 2013 at 12:23 PM EST

The Vermont National Guard is expected to announce today that the controversial F-35 fighter jet will be based at Burlington International Airport.

Senator Patrick Leahy says he's fighting to prevent cuts to the federal food stamp program.

A new investigation from the Vermont Center for Eco studies has found that more than one quarter of the state’s bumble bees have either vanished or are suffering a serious decline.

The head of a small northern Vermont credit union taken over last year by federal regulators has admitted in court that she embezzled from her accounts.

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Mitch Wertlieb

A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.

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Annie Russell

Annie Russell was VPR's Deputy News Director. She came to VPR from NPR's Weekends on All Things Considered and WNYC's On The Media. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School.

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