Jun 01 Woodruff: Calculating the Cost of an Attempt to Silence the Press By PBS News Hour Senior correspondent Judy Woodruff writes about this week's hacking attacks on PBS websites and overcoming efforts to silence a free press. Continue reading
May 30 Watch Obama Names ‘Pragmatic’ Gen. Dempsey to Head Joint Chiefs of Staff President Obama chose Memorial Day to announce that Gen. Martin Dempsey will succeed Adm. Mike Mullen as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Jeffrey Brown discusses the president's announcement with former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Celeste Ward… Continue watching
May 30 Fredericksburg Battlefield Memorial Lights Up, 150 Years After Civil War EmbedVideo(676, 482, 304); Fredericksburg, Va. | As part of a Memorial Day tradition, more than 15,000 luminaries were set up over the weekend at Fredericksburg Battlefield to represent each of the 15,300 Union soldiers from the Civil War… Continue reading
May 30 PBS Sites Hacked; Readers’ Data Not Compromised Late Sunday, hackers gained access to several areas of PBS' web servers and published a fake news story on the PBS NewsHour's news blog, The Rundown, about late rapper Tupac Shakur being spotted alive in New Zealand. Continue reading
May 30 Vatican Holds Line on Condoms at Conference By Talea Miller An AIDS conference hosted at the Vatican over the weekend quickly stamped out any lingering speculation that the Church might shift or broaden its policy against use of condoms to protect from HIV. Continue reading
May 30 Obama Names Army Gen. as Chief Military Adviser By News Desk Army Gen. Martin Dempsey is expected to replace Adm. Mike Mullen as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Continue reading
May 27 Watch Catholic Church Looks to Lead Conversation on Combating HIV/AIDS Vatican Looks to Lead Conversation on Combating HIV/AIDS… Continue watching
May 27 Vatican Hosts AIDS Meeting In Wake Of Condom Controversy By Talea Miller The NewsHour's global health unit is in Rome this week to report on a two-day conference being hosted by the Vatican on the global fight against AIDS. The meeting was prompted in part by confusion over the pope's recent comments… Continue reading
May 26 Afghan War Amendment to DOD Bill Falls Just Short The U.S. House of Representatives almost approved an amendment that would have moved the United States toward a faster exit from the war in Afghanistan. The language would have required a plan and time frame for an accelerated… Continue reading
May 26 Four-Legged Comrades: Alpha Dogs Serve in Military Missions Overseas QUANTICO, Va. | The handlers at Marine Corps Base Quantico unanimously agree that Rex is the meanest dog they have. He has put six or seven handlers in the emergency room according to current handler, Sgt. David Olszak. "But… Continue reading