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Friday, May
13, 2005
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 Military
Base Closings
The Pentagon proposed Friday closing about 180 U.S. military installations,
including 33 major bases, launching the first round of base closures
and realignments in a decade. Terence Smith speaks with Michael
Wynne, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and
logistics, about the Pentagon's plan.  
Afghans'
Rising Fury
The fourth day of protests against the U.S. presence in
Afghanistan continued Friday as nine people were killed in demonstrations with
local police.
Margaret Warner leads a discussion on the anger in Afghanistan over reports
that U.S. interrogators at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have been defiling copies of the
Quran with Barnett Rubin, director of studies at the Center on International Cooperation
at New York University, and Amin Tarzi, Afghanistan analyst at Radio Free Europe-Radio
Liberty. Judicial
Wars
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., urged
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., to come to a compromise with Democrats
over President Bush's judicial nominees so a "nuclear option" to terminate
filibusters can be avoided. Kwame Holman reports on the buildup to the Senate
showdown over judicial nominations. Shields
and Brooks
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist
David Brooks join Jim Lehrer to discuss the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's
decision to send U.N. ambassador-designate John Bolton's nomination to the Senate
floor without an endorsement and the potential showdown in the Senate over banning
the filibuster for judicial nominees. Government
'News'
Last month, Sens. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., and John Kerry,
D-Mass., introduced legislation to require video news releases, or VNRs, to be
be clearly labeled as coming from the government. Jeffrey Brown looks at the ongoing
controversy surrounding VNRs.
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Thursday,
May 12, 2005
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Bolton Battle
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Thursday sent
John Bolton's nomination
as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations to the full Senate without an endorsement.
Jim
Lehrer speaks with committee members Norm Coleman, R-Minn., and Christopher Dodd,
D-Conn., about Bolton's nomination. Uncle
Sam Wants You
Correspondent Tom Bearden reports on the armed forces'
struggles to find new recruits. Security
Alert
A single-engine airplane strayed into restricted airspace over
Washington, D.C. Wednesday, causing evacuations at the Capitol and White House.
Daniel
Kaniewski, deputy director of the George Washington University Homeland Security
Policy Institute, and David Heyman, director of the Homeland Security Program
at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discuss the response to
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Wednesday,
May 11, 2005
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in Peril
The day after a bankruptcy judge approved United Airlines'
proposal to shed its workers' pension plan, the company announced on Wednesday
that it lost more than $1 billion in the first three months of this year. Margaret
Warner leads a discussion on the future of the airline and its employees with
Harley Shaiken, professor of labor and the global economy at the University of
California, Berkeley; Julius Maldutis, president of Aviation Dynamics; and Douglas
Elliott, president of the Center on Federal Financial Institutions.
Arctic
Meltdown
Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News examines
how global warming is affecting those who live in the Arctic. Judging
Judges
On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., announced
plans to bring the first of President Bush's judicial nominations to the Senate
floor for a vote after a transportation funding bill is passed. Moderates from
both parties expressed hope for a compromise on the issue. Gwen Ifill speaks
with 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Charles Pickering and Judge James
Wynn of the North Carolina Court of Appeals about their experiences with the confirmation
process. Face
of a Pharaoh
Utilizing CT scan technology, three teams of forensic
artists from France, Egypt and the United States were able to reconstruct the
facial features of King Tut, the young pharaoh who died nearly 3,300 years ago.
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Tuesday,
May 10, 2005
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Iraqi Insurgents
As U.S. forces continued their offensive against
the rising insurgency near the Syrian border Tuesday, insurgents kidnapped Raja
Nawaf Farhan, the governor of Iraq's western Anbar province, and demanded U.S.
forces withdraw from Qaim, an area of fighting. Ray
Suarez speaks with The Washington Post's Jonathan Finer in Baghdad about the offensive
in western Iraq. Then, Suarez leads a discussion on the battle with retired Army
Col. Patrick Lang and Mahan Abedin, editor of the Terrorism Monitor at The Jamestown
Foundation.
Using
Your Brain
Paul Solman of WGBH-Boston examines what is going on inside
your head when you make economic decisions. Growing
Pains
After taking part in ceremonies to mark the 60th anniversary
of the end of World War II in Russia, President Bush capped his trip to Europe
in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. Bush delivered a speech at Freedom Square
in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on Tuesday and praised the country as a model
for democratic revolution. Margaret Warner speaks with Toby Gati, who served
in the State Department and National Security Council during the Clinton administration,
and Adrian Karatnycky, senior scholar at Freedom House, about the political growing
pains for the three former Soviet republics.
Monument
to Horror
Arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown looks at the opening of
a new national Holocaust memorial in Berlin. |
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Monday, May
9, 2005
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Bush in Russia
President Bush joined Russian President Vladimir Putin
in Moscow's Red Square Monday as part of a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary
of the defeat of Nazi Germany. Margaret
Warner leads a discussion on the diplomatic implications of President Bush's trip
with Stephen Cohen, professor of Russian studies and history at New York University,
and Michael McFaul, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment and associate professor
at Stanford University. Dealing
with Debt
Correspondent Jeffrey Kaye of KCET-Los Angeles reports
on the potential impact of the new bankruptcy bill on the business of credit counseling.
Hiring
Season
Job creation numbers were unexpectedly high in a new report
released by the government Sunday. The figures, along with rising income reports,
are expected to increase job opportunities for recent college graduates. Ray Suarez
talks with Marilyn Mackes, executive director of the National Association of Colleges
and Employers, and Anya Kamenetz, writer for the Village Voice, about what college
graduates should expect from this year's job market.
In
Remembrance: Lloyd Cutler
Stuart Taylor, columnist for the Legal Times
and senior writer for National Journal magazine, joins Jim Lehrer to remember
former White House counsel Lloyd Cutler. |
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