THE RUNDOWN BLOG | May 17, 2013

Military Sexual Assault Crisis Prompts Congress to Act

  • Military Sexual Assault Crisis Prompts Congress to Act
  • President Obama summoned Pentagon leaders to the White House Thursday to discuss what Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey declared a crisis: sexual assaults in the military. At the center of the debate: should military commanders be stripped of their sole authority to decide whether complaints of sexual assault go forward?

THE RUNDOWN BLOG | May 9, 2013

Champion of Military Sexual Assault Awareness Questions if Change Is Possible

  • Champion of Military Sexual Assault Awareness Questions if Change Is Possible
  • Tuesday should have been a good day for Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif. Her signature issue in Congress -- reducing sexual assaults in the U.S. military -- had just been forcefully endorsed by the president and secretary of defense. But Speier was not optimistic that major change is coming.

THE RUNDOWN BLOG | May 1, 2013

The True Un-Hollywood Story of a Sisterhood's Hunt for Bin Laden

  • The True Un-Hollywood Story of a Sisterhood's Hunt for Bin Laden
  • The HBO documentary "Manhunt" details the the grueling work by CIA agents in the search and capture of Osama bin Laden.

THE RUNDOWN BLOG | April 23, 2013

'The Way of the Knife' Examines Conflict Between CIA, Pentagon

  • 'The Way of the Knife' Examines Conflict Between CIA, Pentagon
  • Margaret Warner talks to Pulitzer Prize winning author Mark Mazzetti on his new book "The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth." Mazzetti talks about the competition between the CIA and the Pentagon in the years following 9/11 as the global manhunt for terrorists intensified.

THE RUNDOWN BLOG | April 23, 2013

Gitmo by the Numbers

  • Gitmo by the Numbers
  • The prison at Guantanamo Bay holds 166 detainees captured and transferred to Cuba in coordination with U.S. counterterrorism operations abroad. How big is the place and how long are inmates closed in their cells? We have more stats here.

REPORT | April 22, 2013

Does Force-feeding Guantanamo Prisoners on Hunger Strike Violate Their Rights?

  • Does Force-feeding Guantanamo Prisoners on Hunger Strike Violate Their Rights?
  • Over half of the inmates at Guatanamo Bay Prison are refusing to eat, protesting the length of their detention, legal limbo and quality of life. Ray Suarez talks with Carol Rosenberg of the Miami Herald about the origins of the protest and the question of self-determination when it comes to the prisoners' hunger strike.

REPORT | April 22, 2013

Guantanamo Bay Hunger Strike Grows as More Than Half of Prisoners Refuse Food

  • Guantanamo Bay Hunger Strike Grows as More Than Half of Prisoners Refuse Food
  • At Guantanamo Bay, the number of prisoners protesting their detentions has skyrocketed. Eighty-four of the 166 captives have gone on hunger strike and 16 are being force-fed. Ray Suarez reports on the recent upheaval at Guantanamo and actions by the military to keep detainees from starving to death.

THE RUNDOWN BLOG | April 18, 2013

How Are Drones Used in the U.S.?

  • How Are Drones Used in the U.S.?
  • How are drones used in the United States and how far are we from miniature helicopters flying up to our windows and peeking in?

REPORT | April 15, 2013

News Wrap: 55 Killed in Coordinated Attacks Across Iraq

  • News Wrap: 55 Killed in Coordinated Attacks Across Iraq
  • In other news Monday, at least 55 people were killed in coordinated bombings and attacks in Baghdad, Fallujah, Kirkuk and Tikrit. Also, a federal judge ruled the court would not intervene in a detainee hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay, where detainees are refusing nourishment and claim mistreatment.

REPORT | April 11, 2013

'Shepherd in Combat Boots': Korean War Army Chaplain Awarded Medal of Honor

  • 'Shepherd in Combat Boots': Korean War Army Chaplain Awarded Medal of Honor
  • Army chaplain and Catholic priest Father Emil Kapaun received the military's highest honor, the Medal of Honor, 60 years after he died as a prisoner during the Korean War. Kapaun took care of wounded soldiers even though it compromised his own safety. Jeffrey Brown has more on Kapaun and an excerpt from the White House ceremony.

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