Jan 29 Watch Iraq War Vet Receives Rare Double Arm Transplant Former solider and Iraq war veteran Sgt. Brendan Marrocco is the recent recepient of a double arm transplant, which took place at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Marrocco lost all of his limbs during a roadside bomb attack in the spring of… Continue watching
Jan 29 Watch Defense Department Budget Will Be Major Questioning Point for Nominee Hagel Confirmation hearings will soon begin for former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, tapped to replace Leon Panetta as Secretary of Defense. Hagel will likely face sharp questioning, especially about the Pentagon's budget crisis. Kwame Holman reports on the defense department's budget… Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch Daily Download: Can Facebook Posts Get You Fired? NewsHour's political editor Christina Bellantoni talks with the Daily Download's Howard Kurtz and Lauren Ashburn about how the digital world affects and infects the culture we live in. They talk about what one should and shouldn't publish on social media… Continue watching
Jan 28 Ask Larry: Has My Social Security Office Given Me Bad Advice? Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Today, Social Security expert Larry Kotlikoff answers readers' questions covering issues from retirement, medicare and more. _Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social Security "mistakes" and… Continue reading
Jan 24 Watch 'Everyone Is Entitled to a Chance': Panetta Lifts Ban on Women in Combat 'Everyone Is Entitled to a Chance': Panetta Lifts Ban on Women in Combat… Continue watching
Jan 24 John Kerry Sails Through Senators' Questions at Confirmation Hearing By Larisa Epatko Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., President Obama's choice for secretary of state, answered a range of questions from Iran's nuclear program to opportunities in Latin America at his confirmation hearing Thursday, but the theme clearly was how he would build upon… Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch Exploring Technology, Effectiveness, Consequences of Drone Warfare Exploring Technology, Effectiveness, Consequences of Drone Warfare… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Lifts Armed Services Ban on Women in Combat Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Lifts Armed Services Ban on Women in Combat… Continue watching
Jan 23 Targeted Killings Mechanics prepare an MQ-9 Reaper for a training flight Aug. 8, 2007, at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nev. Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images. By Jonathan Masters, online writer/editor for the Council on Foreign Relations Introduction… Continue reading
Jan 22 On the PBS NewsHour Tonight By News Desk On Tuesday's NewsHour: President Obama's second term vision: Is it achievable? Plus, Margaret Warner reports from Tel Aviv on the Israeli elections New information on the longterm impact of concussions on professional football players And Roe v. Wade 40 years… Continue reading