Jan 12 On Wednesday's NewsHour... PRESIDENT OBAMA IN TUCSON | At a memorial service on the University of Arizona campus, President Obama will remember the victims of Saturday's shooting and honor those still recovering from their injuries, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. We'll carry… Continue reading
Jan 11 On Tuesday's NewsHour... Updated ARIZONA SHOOTING | Surgeons treating Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., are tentatively optimistic about her recovery but caution that surviving an injury of this magnitude is a long and uncertain process. Gwen Ifill has the latest. GUN LAWS… Continue reading
Jan 10 On Monday's NewsHour... ARIZONA SHOOTING | Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., remains hospitalized in critical condition as colleagues, family and friends mourn the loss of the six people who died in Saturday's shooting at a political meet-and-greet in Tucson. The alleged shooter, 22-year-old… Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch Suspect Confesses to Murdering Pakistani Politician In other developments of the day, a man confessed to shooting the governor of Punjab province in Pakistan and Vice President Biden arrived in Kabul on a surprise visit. Continue watching
Jan 07 On Friday's NewsHour... NEW JOBS NUMBERS | Employers added 103,000 new jobs in December and the unemployment rate dropped to 9.4%, but the recovery fell short of forecasts and underscored the long and painful recovery still facing the U.S. economy. Judy Woodruff looks… Continue reading
Jan 06 Gates: Pentagon Must Do Its Part in Deficit Reduction Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that he'd cut $78 billion from the Pentagon's budget in the coming five years by shrinking the military ground force, raising health care premiums for troops and some other politically unpopular cost-saving measures. Continue reading
Jan 06 On Thursday's NewsHour... NEWSMAKER: DEFENSE CHIEF ROBERT GATES | As federal deficits rise, Defense Secretary Robert Gates is looking for ways to cut spending by close to $100 billion in the next five years, a sign that even the Pentagon's massive budget… Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch Gates on Pentagon Cuts, Implementing DADT, China's Military Build-up As federal deficits rise, Defense Secretary Robert Gates is looking to cut spending by close to $100 billion in the next five years, a sign that even the Pentagon's massive budget is subject to government-wide belt tightening. He discusses the… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch Gates Aims for 'Culture of Savings and Restraint' at Pentagon Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday outlined a plan to slow the rate of growth of military spending, in hopes of saving $78 billion over five years. Jim Lehrer has more on what would be cut and when. Continue watching
Jan 06 More Troops Heading to Afghanistan, Gates Eyes Long-term Budget Cuts A U.S. Marine walks down the main market in Musa Qala in Helmand province. File photo by Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced that an additional 1,400 Marines will head to Afghanistan this spring in an… Continue reading