Aug 12 Honor Roll: Remembering the 30 U.S. Forces Killed in Helicopter Crash On Friday's NewsHour, we close with a special edition on our ongoing honor roll of the American service personnel killed in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. This week, the Pentagon released the names of the 30 troops -- Navy… Continue reading
Aug 12 Watch Honor Roll: Remembering the 30 U.S. Forces Killed in Helicopter Crash Honor Roll: Remembering the 30 U.S. Forces Killed in Helicopter Crash… Continue watching
Aug 11 Film Documents Ritual Closing of India-Pakistan Border This week on the NewsHour, we're featuring an excerpt of the film 'Wagah,' which looks at the ritualistic closing of the Wagah border between Pakistan and India. It's part of our series in partnership with The Economist magazine that showcases… Continue reading
Aug 08 Watch Deadly 'Lucky Shot' on Helicopter Unlikely to Change U.S. Tactics in Afghanistan 'Lucky Shot' on Helicopter Unlikely to Spur Changes in U.S. Afghan Operations… Continue watching
Aug 08 America Remembers 9/11: Tell Us What's Changed, 10 Years Later We will soon mark 10 years since the attacks of Sept. 11 shook the nation, and the world. Since 2001, The PBS NewsHour has covered many of the faces, places, effects and implications of the deadly terrorist strikes. For this… Continue reading
Aug 08 World Week Ahead: Reaction to the Credit Downgrade; Afghanistan Helicopter Probe By Larisa Epatko World markets took a tumble Monday after the United States received a credit rating downgrade Friday night, and the investigation continued into the downing of a U.S. military helicopter in Afghanistan over the weekend. Continue reading
Aug 06 30 Americans Killed in Afghanistan Helicopter Crash Updated 8:00 p.m. ET | The U.S.-led coalition said in a statement that 30 American service members, a civilian interpreter and seven Afghan commandos were killed in the helicopter crash early Saturday. Posted 2:28 p.m. ET |… Continue reading
Aug 05 On Defense, Congressional Super Committee Has Its Work Cut Out for It Photo of soldiers in Afghanistan by Getty Images. In the theater that is Washington, the new version of an old debate about defense spending may seem like phony drama, but there are also real issues behind the arguments. First… Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch FAA Shutdown Coming to an End, but Funding Fight Still Looms Congressional leaders announced Thursday they had reached a bipartisan agreement to temporarily extend funding for the Federal Aviation Administration, which would end the nearly two-week partial shutdown but leave long-term funding in question. Jeffrey Brown discusses the deal with Public… Continue watching
Aug 04 Reid: Deal Made to End FAA Shutdown Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; Roll Call file photo Update 4:59 p.m. ET | Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday afternoon that a bipartisan compromise has been reached to end the partial Federal Aviation Administration shutdown that put… Continue reading