Apr 28 Obama Officially Names Panetta, Petraeus to Top Security Posts Publicly announcing what White House officials had confirmed Wednesday, President Obama held a news conference Thursday at the White House alongside CIA Director Leon Panetta, his choice to succeed Defense Secretary Robert Gates when he retires, and Gen. David… Continue reading
Apr 28 Economist Film Project: Death at Birth in Nigeria By News Desk We're announcing the start of something new: A partnership with the Economist magazine to showcase the art of filmmaking, called the Economist Film Project. Together, the NewsHour and the Economist have chosen examples of interesting, independently-produced documentaries from around… Continue reading
Apr 26 Watch News Wrap: Security Forces Recapture Some Afghan Inmates In other news Tuesday, security forces in Southern Afghanistan recaptured at least 71 inmates who fled from Kandahar's main prison Sunday night. More than 480 prisoners escaped after Taliban militants tunneled into the jail. Also, Thai and Cambodian forces clashed… Continue watching
Apr 26 One Year Later, Where Does BP Stand? In the weeks after the magnitude of the Gulf oil spill became ever larger and clearer, most of the attention was focused on the growing environmental impact. But many people soon began asking another question: Would the disaster change… Continue reading
Apr 26 British Defense Minister: Libyan Leader Gadhafi Should Go By Larisa Epatko British Secretary of State for Defense Liam Fox said in an interview with the PBS NewsHour Tuesday that opponents of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi had gained ground in recent days with the help of U.S. drones and NATO airstrikes, and… Continue reading
Apr 26 30 Years Ago: A Very Different Britain, and a Very Different Wedding By Ray Suarez Prince and Princess of Wales on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on their wedding day, July, 29 1981. (Terry Fincher/Princess Diana Archive/Getty Images) I had been following the developments in the House of Windsor from faraway Rome, covering the young… Continue reading
Apr 26 Watch Coming of Age in Wartime Heather Courtney discusses her film, "Where Soldiers Come From". Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch At Stanford, Debate Brews Over Reviving ROTC Program on Campus Decades after protests surrounding the Vietnam War, some private universities are taking another look at bringing back Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs, but the idea is rekindling some decades-old disputes over military presence on campuses. Spencer Michels reports on how… Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch 'Extraordinary' Guantanamo Documents Shed New Light on Detainees Hundreds of newly released classified documents revealed details on hundreds of men who have been held -- and are being held -- at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay. Jeffrey Brown discusses the leak, WikiLeaks' involvement and what was… Continue watching
Apr 25 Stanford Debates: Reinstate ROTC? Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets practice battlefield tactics in Princeton, N.J. (File photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) You wouldn't necessarily know it walking around campus, but there's a major debate going on at Stanford University, and at a few… Continue reading