Nov 19 President Obama Attends NATO Summit; Bernanke Addresses China Imbalances Members of NATO convene Friday in Portugal to formulate a common strategy for the war in Afghanistan and negotiate missile defense in Europe. President Obama will attend a marathon of meetings, hoping to shore up U.S.-European cooperation. Russia's… Continue reading
Nov 18 Royal Weddings: Looking Forward... And Back Commemorative plate of Prince William and Kate Middleton. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) After 30 years, the United Kingdom has another royal wedding. The engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton showcases the social and cultural changes of the past… Continue reading
Nov 18 NATO Dispatch: 3 Tests for Success for Obama The press filing center at the NATO Summit in Lisbon, Portugal. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) LISBON, Portugal | President Obama is in Lisbon, hoping to rack up -- in a jam- packed 30 hours of meetings -- a higher batting… Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch Photojournalist, Filmmaker Hetherington Documents Terror, Boredom of War Jeffrey Brown speaks with British photojournalist and filmmaker Tim Hetherington about his work in Afghanistan, which led to the prize-winning documentary with Sebastian Junger, "Restrepo," and a new book of photographs called "Infidel."… Continue watching
Nov 17 On Wednesday's NewsHour: Cholera in Haiti, Nuclear Treaty, Deficit Ideas HAITI'S CHOLERA OUTBREAK | Gwen Ifill speaks with Miami Herald Caribbean correspondent Jacqueline Charles in Port-au-Prince, who says that recent unrest related to a cholera outbreak in Haiti is hampering efforts to contain the spread of the epidemic. NEWS WRAP… Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch Giunta on Medal of Honor: 'I Can't Wear This for Myself' Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore "Sal" Giunta became the first living recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration since the Vietnam War on Tuesday when President Obama awarded him the Medal of Honor.Giunta put himself in the line of fire for… Continue watching
Nov 16 Watch TSA Chief: Disagreement Over Security, Privacy Balance Understandable John Pistole, head of the Transportation Safety Administration, speaks with Margaret Warner about how concerns over air travel security threats -- unexploded bombs aboard recent cargo flights and last year's bombing attempt on Christmas -- are being addressed while some… Continue watching
Nov 16 On Tuesday's NewsHour... FORECLOSURE WORRIES | There was new evidence Tuesday that flawed mortgage documents could lead to billions of dollars in bank losses and further cripple the housing market. Judy Woodruff gets the latest on the nationwide probe into questionable mortgage practices. Continue reading
Nov 16 Medal of Honor Recipient: Comrades 'Gave Every One of Their Tomorrows' DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s4570qfc4', 'SINKHAU-stQ', '29'); Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore A. Giunta became on Tuesday the first living American servicemember from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to be honored with the U.S. military's highest decoration. Hours before President Barack… Continue reading
Nov 16 War Photographer Tim Hetherington Captures Combat and Downtime in 'Infidel' By Molly Finnegan In 2007 and 2008, British photojournalist and filmmaker Tim Hetherington traveled to the Korengal Valley in northeastern Afghanistan to capture images of American soldiers serving in the war -- not just in combat, but also relaxing, playing, sleeping. His photographs… Continue reading