Dec 22 Senate to Vote on START, Obama Signs DADT Repeal, Tensions in Ivory Coast Updated 5:00 p.m. ET The Senate gave final approval to the New START treaty on Wednesday by a vote of 71-26. Posted 9:45 a.m. ET The Senate appears poised to approve a nuclear arms pact with Russia,… Continue reading
Dec 21 On Tuesday's NewsHour: START Treaty, Cuban Medicine, Census Results START TREATY HEADS TOWARD RATIFICATION | President Obama has apparently secured more than enough Senate votes to ratify the U.S.-Russia START nuclear arms treaty. Naftali Ben David of The Wall Street Journal looks at the shift in momentum as… Continue reading
Dec 21 Iraq Has a New Government ... at Last By Robert Zeliger Iraqi Parliament members vote for the new Iraqi Cabinet (Photo by Iraqi Prime Minister Office via Getty Images) The Iraqi people cast their votes on March 7. More than nine months later, after months of political turmoil, deal-making, and… Continue reading
Dec 21 New START Arms Deal: The Basics By Larisa Epatko The Senate appears to be moving toward ratifying the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia. Here's a fresh look at the basics of the pact. Continue reading
Dec 21 START Gaining GOP Support; Iraqi Lawmakers Approve Government Massachusetts GOP Sen. Scott Brown, left, shakes hands with Jason Meininger, special assistant to Sen. John Kerry D-Mass., after a closed session about New START on Monday. Brown announced that he will support the treaty and said that he… Continue reading
Dec 20 On Monday's NewsHour: 'Don't Ask' Repeal, Cuban Economic Reforms LAME-DUCK CONGRESS COUNTDOWN | As the 111th Congress winds down, lawmakers are considering one of President Obama's top foreign-policy items: ratification of a New START nuclear arms deal with Russia. Gwen Ifill discusses Congress' ambitious agenda for the coming weeks… Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch How Will 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Be Implemented, Tailored? Judy Woodruff speaks with Bernard Rostker of the RAND Corporation and Tammy Schultz of the Marine Corps War College about how the repeal of the long-standing "don't ask, don't tell" policy banning gay servicemembers from serving openly will be implemented… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch News Wrap: Iraq May Be Closer to Forming New Government In other news Monday, a new Iraqi government might soon be a reality as Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki submitted a list of potential Cabinet members to Parliament, some nine months after national elections. Meanwhile, Afghanistan's Parliament is preparing to convene… Continue watching
Dec 20 'The Calling' Chronicles Lives of New Generation of U.S. Religious Leaders Watch the full episode. See more… Continue reading
Dec 20 Senate Considers START, South Korea Holds Live-fire Exercises The Senate is considering a new nuclear arms deal with Russia, signed by President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in April, that Mr. Obama has said is a top foreign policy priority in the lame-duck session of Congress. Senate… Continue reading