Dec 15 Woodruff: Remembering Richard Holbrooke A lot has been written over the past few days about Richard Holbrooke, the 69-year-old diplomat who died this week while serving as the Obama administration's Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Besides the war, he was… Continue reading
Dec 15 On Wednesday’s NewsHour: BP Sued, CEOs Meet Obama, Afghan Intel BP LAWSUIT| The Justice Department filed a major lawsuit against BP and eight other companies involved in the Gulf oil spill disaster. Ray Suarez has more. OBAMA URGES COMPANIES TO HIRE | President Obama invited top business executives to a… Continue reading
Dec 15 N.M. Gov. Richardson to Visit N. Korea, Asylum Ferry Sinks Near Australia New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is traveling to North Korea on a personal, privately funded trip intended to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Richardson was invited by North Korea, which has been denied direct talks with the United… Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch Holbrooke’s Life Reveals Complexities of Diplomacy in a Changing World A day after the death of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, Jim Lehrer examines his lifetime of diplomacy, his legacy and the void he leaves in the State Department and American efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan with former Ambassador John Negroponte and… Continue watching
Dec 14 On Tuesday’s NewsHour: Remembering Richard Holbrooke; Teen Drug Use REMEMBERING AMBASSADOR HOLBROOKE | A day after his death at the age of 69, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke was praised Tuesday as "one of a kind." Margaret Warner chronicles Holbrook'es decades of public service, then Jim Lehrer looks back… Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch ‘Statesman’ Holbrooke Remembered as Major Afghan Challenges Loom Leaders from around the world expressed appreciation for Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, a longtime diplomat who served as President Obama's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan. His death on Monday at age 69 comes as a new report on the state… Continue watching
Dec 13 Foreign Policy ‘Giant,’ Lifelong U.S. Diplomat Richard Holbrooke Dies at 69 By Larisa Epatko Richard Holbrooke, who spent much of his career interfacing with troubled spots around the world, most recently serving as the Obama administration's point man on Afghanistan and Pakistan, died Monday following surgery for a torn aorta at the age of… Continue reading
Dec 13 Avoiding Eruptions – While Covering Them It took a long time and a lot of persistence to get to the summit of the most active volcano in Indonesia. The trip down came quicker - and went faster than I would have liked. Clearly, I… Continue reading
Dec 13 Secret Documents Add to Suspicions About Myanmar’s Nuclear Aspirations Buddhist monk in Yangon, also known as Rangoon, Myanmar. (Drn/Stringer/Getty Images) Secret cables from the U.S. Embassy in Rangoon, released by the web site WikiLeaks, have added to long-standing suspicions about Myanmar's nuclear ambitions and its alleged covert… Continue reading
Dec 13 British Resident Suspected in Sweden Bombing, North Korea Warns of War Swedish policemen and volunteers patrol on Dec. 13, 2010 at the corner of Bryggaregatan and Drottninggatan street in central Stockholm, where a car bomb targeted Christmas shoppers Saturday. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images) Swedish police said they are "98 percent… Continue reading