Nov 30 On Tuesday's NewsHour... PENTAGON RELEASES 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL' REPORT | Defense Secretary Robert Gates endorsed a repeal of the 1993 law after the Pentagon released a study concluding changing the law would pose little or no risk to unit cohension. Jim Lehrer… Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch Supreme Court Examines Overcrowding in California Prisons By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 30 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Presents Little Risk, Study Finds Repealing the 17-year-old law that bans gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military would do little harm to unit cohesion and troop morale, a year-long Defense Department study found. The report states: Based on all we… Continue reading
Nov 30 Carter: 'Serious Doubts' on Afghanistan By Larisa Epatko Former President Carter told Ray Suarez in an interview airing soon on the NewsHour that he has "serious doubts" that the U.S. will prevail in Afghanistan under the current set of goals. Continue reading
Nov 30 Military Set to Release 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Report, WikiLeaks Founder Could Face Charges (File photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images) [Update (2:30 p.m. ET): Read [the full report](http://www.defense.gov/home/features/2010/0610_gatesdadt/), released Tuesday afternoon by the Department of Defense] Military officials will be on Capitol Hill Tuesday to brief members of Congress on the… Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch Women Veterans Face Unique Obstacles, Needs Women make up about 14 percent of the U.S. military and now serve in more combat situations than in past wars. As part of our NewsHour Connect series, Scott Shafer of KQED in San Francisco met with female veterans about… Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch News Wrap: Afghan Policeman Kills 6 American Troops In other news Monday, an Afghan policeman turned his gun on American troops, killing six of them during a NATO training exercise in eastern Afghanistan, before he was killed. Continue watching
Nov 29 On Monday's NewsHour... WIKILEAKS RELEASES CLASSIFIED STATE DEPARTMENT CABLES | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the United States "deeply regrets" the release of secret documents by the web site WikiLeaks, which include internal communications about foreign leaders and governments. Judy Woodruff speaks… Continue reading
Nov 29 Wikileaks Cable Release Rattles Diplomatic World; U.S., South Korea Start Military Exercises WikiLeaks Publishes Stash of Secret Diplomatic Documents View of the WikiLeaks homepage.(Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images) The web site WikiLeaks has released the first in a series of secret State Department cables online, sending ripples through the diplomatic community and eliciting… Continue reading
Nov 26 Watch News Wrap: North Korean Artillery Exercises Raise Concerns in South In other news Friday, more artillery rounds rang out again inside North Korea, but none reached the South. The North warned that the United States and South Korea are pushing the region to the "brink of war" if plans continue… Continue watching