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Speakers of interest at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.

Defense Department officials say that No Easy Day, former Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette's book about the secret mission to kill Osama bin Laden, includes classified information that may harm U.S. military operations. The book is currently the bestseller on Amazon.

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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station took a spare toothbrush along on a spacewalk today and used it to help clean debris from around some bolts. What do you use them for? (Besides brushing your teeth, that is.)

Democrats kicked off their convention with first lady Michelle Obama and keynote speaker Julian Castro. NPR's Ken Rudin and Democratic Chair Emeritus and former governor Howard Dean talk about the convention and what the president should say Thursday.

We asked a simple question of Democratic convention-goers: "We say Bill Clinton; you say?"