Nov 16 Medal of Honor Recipient: Comrades ‘Gave Every One of Their Tomorrows’ DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s4570qfc4', 'SINKHAU-stQ', '29'); Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore A. Giunta became on Tuesday the first living American servicemember from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to be honored with the U.S. military's highest decoration. Hours before President Barack… Continue reading
Nov 16 War Photographer Tim Hetherington Captures Combat and Downtime in ‘Infidel’ By Molly Finnegan In 2007 and 2008, British photojournalist and filmmaker Tim Hetherington traveled to the Korengal Valley in northeastern Afghanistan to capture images of American soldiers serving in the war -- not just in combat, but also relaxing, playing, sleeping. His photographs… Continue reading
Nov 16 EU Faces Ongoing Currency Worries; Obama to Present Medal of Honor Following Ireland's refusal of a bailout from the European Central Bank, European Union president Herman Van Rompuy warned of impending crisis if the eurozone nations did not act quickly. Ireland and Portugal have both faced pressure from other nations… Continue reading
Nov 16 Senate GOP Leader McConnell Has Change of Heart on Earmarks Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks through the halls of the U.S. Capitol on Monday. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. After years of using earmarks to send federal money to Kentucky, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell announced Monday that… Continue reading
Nov 15 Watch Karzai Criticism of U.S. Mission Renews Afghan-American Tensions Afghan President Hamid Karzai told the Washington Post this weekend that the U.S. should scale back its mission, including night raids, in Afghanistan. The comments are the latest source of tension between Karzai's government and the Obama administration. Gwen Ifill… Continue watching
Nov 15 On Monday’s NewsHour… KARZAI CALLS FOR SCALING BACK OF U.S. INVOLVEMENT | Afghan President Hamid Karzai told the Washington Post this weekend that the U.S. should scale back its mission, including night raids, in Afghanistan. The comments are the latest source of tension… Continue reading
Nov 15 Rangel Walks Out of Ethics Trial; Says He Needs a Lawyer Rep. Charles Rangel , D-N.Y. walked out of his ethics trial on Capitol Hill today after the House Ethics committee refused to delay the proceedings. Rangel argued in his opening statement that he did not have enough time to… Continue reading
Nov 15 U.S. to Present Afghan Phase-Out Plan; Rangel Faces Ethics Panel The Obama administration will present other NATO members with a four-year plan to phase out U.S. troops in Afghanistan and transfer security responsibilities to Afghan forces, according to the New York Times. The plan will share some common elements… Continue reading
Nov 12 The Doubleheader: Shields and Brooks on Taxes, Palin and Cowboys Coaching By Hari Sreenivasan In this week's Doubleheader with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks, topic No. 1 was the expiring Bush-era tax cuts and what will happen during the lame-duck session of Congress. Both predicted that the cuts… Continue reading
Nov 12 Watch Political, Legal Wrangling Continues Over ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ The Supreme Court is the latest to leave a legal mark on the wrangling over the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Margaret Warner reports. Continue watching