Jan 06 Gates: Pentagon Must Do Its Part in Deficit Reduction Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that he'd cut $78 billion from the Pentagon's budget in the coming five years by shrinking the military ground force, raising health care premiums for troops and some other politically unpopular cost-saving measures. Continue reading
Jan 06 On Thursday’s NewsHour… NEWSMAKER: DEFENSE CHIEF ROBERT GATES | As federal deficits rise, Defense Secretary Robert Gates is looking for ways to cut spending by close to $100 billion in the next five years, a sign that even the Pentagon's massive budget… Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch Gates on Pentagon Cuts, Implementing DADT, China’s Military Build-up As federal deficits rise, Defense Secretary Robert Gates is looking to cut spending by close to $100 billion in the next five years, a sign that even the Pentagon's massive budget is subject to government-wide belt tightening. He discusses the… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch Gates Aims for ‘Culture of Savings and Restraint’ at Pentagon Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday outlined a plan to slow the rate of growth of military spending, in hopes of saving $78 billion over five years. Jim Lehrer has more on what would be cut and when. Continue watching
Jan 06 More Troops Heading to Afghanistan, Gates Eyes Long-term Budget Cuts A U.S. Marine walks down the main market in Musa Qala in Helmand province. File photo by Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced that an additional 1,400 Marines will head to Afghanistan this spring in an… Continue reading
Jan 05 Egypt’s Christian Community Shaken in Wake of Church Bombing Christians and supporters held a mass protest in Cairo following the bombing. Photo by AFP/Getty As Egypt's Christian community prepares to celebrate Coptic Christmas eve on Thursday, many are still mourning the New Year's Day car bombing of a… Continue reading
Jan 05 Funeral Held for Punjab Governor, World Food Prices Reach Record High Pakistani police guards carry the coffin of late Punjab governor Salman Taseer during the funeral procession in Lahore on Jan. 5, 2011. (Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images) Thousands of mourners gathered in Lahore amid tight security for the funeral of… Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch News Wrap: Navy Relieves Capt. Honors From USS Enterprise Command In other news Tuesday, the U.S. Navy relieved Capt. Owen Honors from commanding the USS Enterprise, citing him for "extremely poor judgment" after he attracted scrutiny for lewd videos made and shown aboard aircraft carrier while he was second in… Continue watching
Jan 04 The World According to Kal By Tom LeGro The work of Kevin "KAL" Kallaugher, the Economist's editorial cartoonist, is the subject of an exhibit at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco. Continue reading
Jan 03 On Monday’s NewsHour: State Budget Woes; Baby Boomers Turn 65 STATE BUDGET WOES | As new governors begin their terms, they face some expensive, old problems. Gwen Ifill discusses state budget woes with three public media reporters: John Myers, Sacramento bureau chief for KQED Public Radio; Karen Kasler,… Continue reading