May 04 Mysterious Navy SEALs: 10 Must Reads By Talea Miller U.S. Navy SEAL team. Photo by U.S. Navy. The names of the elite Navy SEALs who took down the world's most-wanted terrorist remain a secret, but the historic mission is drawing plenty of attention to the military's special operations… Continue reading
May 04 Watch How Does Bin Laden’s Death Change U.S. Equation in Af-Pak Region? Osama bin Laden's death has opened new debate over whether U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan should begin withdrawing before the original July start date. France's foreign minister said his country is considering just that. Jeffrey Brown discusses the war's… Continue watching
May 04 Watch Obama’s Bin Laden Photo Decision: Move on or More Proof? Citing national security risks, President Obama said Wednesday that photos of Osama bin Laden's body will not be released. Ray Suarez discusses the president's decision and its effects with former White House counterterrorism adviser Richard Clarke and former Deputy National… Continue watching
May 04 Mississippi River Valley Flood Areas: Before and After Despite some relief after the Army Corps of Engineers this week blasted holes into a Missouri levee to draw down the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, flooding fears continue flowing south. Parts of southeastern Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, Mississippi and… Continue reading
May 04 Gwen Ifill: Getting the Bin Laden Story By Gwen Ifill My flight from Seattle had just touched down at Reagan Washington National airport late Sunday night when I clicked on my BlackBerry. It immediately began buzzing with an alarming stream of emails and tweets. An hour later, the president… Continue reading
May 04 How News of Bin Laden’s Death Has Reverberated Around the U.S. By Lauren Knapp As the world digests the news that Osama bin Laden is dead, we collected reporting from public media outlets for a glimpse at the conversations taking place around the nation about bin Laden and the post-9/11 era. Security and the… Continue reading
May 04 Obama to Tell His Side of the Story President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on Sunday's mission against Osama bin Laden. Note: A classified document seen in this photograph has been obscured. White House photo… Continue reading
May 03 Watch News Wrap: U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan on Track for July Start In other news Tuesday, a White House spokesman said the death of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden won't affect the scheduled start of the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in July. In Syria, human rights activists reported more than 1,000… Continue watching
May 03 Watch CIA Chief Panetta: Obama Made ‘Gutsy’ Decision on Bin Laden Raid In a newsmaker interview with Jim Lehrer on Tuesday, CIA Director Leon Panetta described the tension of waiting for the final outcome of the U.S. Navy SEAL raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, plus the preparations for… Continue watching
May 03 Frontline Goes Inside al-Qaida By Lauren Knapp On Tuesday night, PBS' FRONTLINE will air the first of two stories that delve into al-Qaida in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Correspondents Stephen Grey and Martin Smith explore the Taliban and al-Qaida inside Pakistan. They investigate details of a… Continue reading