Aug 31 The Morning Line: The Promise Kept President Obama travels to Fort Bliss, Texas, on Tuesday morning to meet with troops before delivering a primetime Oval Office address marking the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq. According to the White House, "Fort Bliss is… Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch President Marks End of Active Fighting in Iraq President Obama's campaign for the White House was largely focused on winding down U.S. involvement in Iraq. On Tuesday, he announced the combat role is over for American troops, yet the mission there is far from over. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
Aug 30 Watch Karzai's Commitment Examined Amid Fresh Tensions With U.S. Afghan President Hamid Karzai sharply criticized coalition strategy over the weekend, saying it "has been ineffective apart from causing civilian casualties." The criticism came after new reports surfaced of corruption inside his government and spikes in coalition deaths across Afghanistan. Continue watching
Aug 30 On Monday's NewsHour... TENSION GROWS BETWEEN U.S. AND AFGHANISTAN | Ray Suarez talks to retired Lt. Col. John Nagl and Brian Katulis, a senior fellow for American Progress, about the charges of corruption within the Karzi government and the uptick in… Continue reading
Aug 30 Impact of Beck's 'Restoring Honor' Rally Remains Unclear for Tea Party By Dante Chinni Glenn Beck had a good Saturday. Depending on whose crowd estimate you want to believe -- always a tricky game -- somewhere between 87,000 and 500,000 people came to the National Mall for the TV and radio personality's… Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch In Afghanistan, 14 U.S. Troops Killed in 3 Days In just three days, U.S. forces suffered 14 casualties in a series of attacks by Taliban insurgents across Afghanistan. Ray Suarez has more. Continue watching
Aug 30 7 U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan; Floodwaters Receding in Pakistan Updated 12:29 EDT | Seven American service members were killed Monday in two separate roadside bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan, NATO said. Witnesses in the southern city of Kandahar said an armored U.S. Army Humvee hit a roadside… Continue reading
Aug 27 Shields and Brooks on Ken Mehlman's Revelation, Strasburg's Unifying Effect By Hari Sreenivasan Earlier this week, my old colleague Marc Ambinder wrote an article stating that the former RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman has become more open about his homosexuality in recent weeks and months. It came as no shock… Continue reading
Aug 27 Tweeting in the Golden Years: Older Americans Using Social Media More Diane Singleton of Houston, Texas, admits she's 50-something but not much more. On her Facebook page, however, you can find out where she went to high school and which local businesses she "likes." Singleton is part of a growing number… Continue reading
Aug 26 U.N. Security Council Meets About Mass Rape in Congo The United Nations is calling for urgent action in response to the mass rape of nearly 200 women and children in Congo by Rwandan and Congolese rebels. The Security Council held an emergency session on the issue Thursday, amid… Continue reading