Nov 11 Fewer veterans are serving in Congress than ever before By Domenico Montanaro Veterans used to make up a strong majority of Congress. In 1972, more than 70 percent of Congressional members had served in the military. But those numbers have fallen dramatically. In 2012, for the first time in American history,… Continue reading
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Nov 11 A veteran's tough love message to at-risk kids -- and fellow vets By Margaret Warner Do vets coming home from the horrors of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have something unusual to teach the young people of today? If you listen to West Point graduate and retired Lt. Col. David Oclander, who is now a… Continue reading
Nov 11 8 things you didn't know about Arlington National Cemetery By Ruth Tam PBS NewsHour will live stream the Veterans Day Observance Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery where Vice President Joe Biden will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and then deliver remarks inside the Memorial Amphitheater. Continue reading
Nov 10 Watch Looking back at the life and politics of Nelson Rockefeller By PBS News Hour A politician who self-described as having a “Democrat heart with a Republican head,” Nelson Rockefeller would be something of a political anomaly today. Biographer Richard Norton Smith, author of “On His Own Terms,” joins Judy Woodruff to discuss what distinguished… Continue watching
Nov 10 Watch Why is Obama weighing in on net neutrality? By PBS News Hour More than 3 million commenters crashed the Federal Communications Commission website in July to weigh in on the issue of net neutrality. Now President Obama has added his strong support, directing the FCC to protect equal access to all web… Continue watching
Nov 10 Watch Emails suggest GM prepared for recalls months earlier By PBS News Hour Internal emails released as part of a class action lawsuit show that General Motors ordered a half million ignition switches to replace faulty ones nearly two months before notifying safety regulators. The defect has been linked to at least 32… Continue watching
Nov 10 Watch Why the U.S. can't ignore or alienate the rising power of China - Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 10 Watch News Wrap: HHS lowers estimate for 2015 health care enrollment By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 10 How Social Security denied one woman the advice she deserved By Laurence Kotlikoff Larry Kotlikoff and former Social Security technical expert Jerry Lutz intervene on behalf of a disabled divorcée who was getting all the wrong answers from the Social Security offices in her area. Continue reading