Sep 02 On Thursday's NewsHour... HURRICANE EARL UPDATE | Coastal communities from North Carolina to Maine boarded up houses and businesses to prepare for Hurricane Earl. Jim Lehrer talks to the deputy director of the National Hurricane Center, Ed Rappaport, for the latest developments. Continue reading
Sep 02 As Peace Talks Resume, What's on the Minds of Middle East Leaders? "Do we have the wisdom and the courage to walk the path of peace?" President Obama asked Middle East leaders Wednesday before a White House dinner kicking off renewed peace negotiations. Over the past 24 hours, the Middle East… Continue reading
Sep 02 In Hampton Roads, a Military Bastion Meets 'Austerity' By Dante Chinni What the military giveth, the military can taketh away. It's not a happy lesson, but it is one that many Military Bastions, counties around armed services installations, have learned in the recent years through rounds of base closings. Continue reading
Sep 02 Thursday: Middle East Talks Begin; Hurricane Earl Forces Evacuations Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House on Wednesday. Photo by Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images. The day after meeting with President Obama at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Continue reading
Sep 01 As Mideast Peace Talks Start, D.C. Think Tanks Overfloweth With Analysis By Michael D. Mosettig It's been 20 months since Israelis and Palestinians sat down across a table with each other, and that has meant quiet times for the dozens of Middle East analysts and advocates in Washington's think tank world. But the Wednesday-Thursday… Continue reading
Sep 01 On Wednesday's NewsHour... By News Desk NEWSMAKER: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN | Margaret Warner sits down with Vice President Joe Biden in Baghdad to talk about the change in the mission and what's to come. MIDEAST PEACE TALKS | Gwen Ifill talks to the former Secretary of… Continue reading
Sep 01 Wednesday: Mideast Peace Talks Begin, Hurricane Earl Downgraded By Maureen Hoch Hours after a primetime address marking the end of combat operations in Iraq, President Obama pivots Wednesday to another complex and vexing Mideast issue: Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. President Obama will host talks in Washington with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin… Continue reading
Sep 01 The Morning Line: Biden Grudgingly Gives Bush Administration Credit for Iraq Surge Success By Terence Burlij Updated with video 11:00a.m. ET Vice President Biden went further, albeit grudgingly, than President Obama did in his Tuesday night Oval Office address in crediting the surge of troops into Iraq ordered by President George W. Bush in January… Continue reading
Sep 01 Watch Gates: History Will Judge Worthiness of Iraq War On the first official day of a post-combat mission for the U.S. in Iraq, 50,000 American soldiers remain and no government has formed. The U.S. drawdown has many wondering -- Americans and Iraqis alike -- whether the war improved conditions… Continue watching
Aug 31 Obama's Iraq Speech: Watch Full Video By News Desk President Obama delivered an address to the nation Tuesday night marking the end of combat operations in Iraq. _pap_embed_custom('news01s42d8qf54',482,304,""); Find analysis from Mark Shields, David Brooks, David Chalian and others on our special annotated version of the speech text. Continue reading