Oct 22 New WikiLeaks Cache Reveals More on Iraqi War Deaths, Detainee Abuse Analysis of a new cache of secret documents pertaining to the Iraq war surfaced Friday via the WikiLeaks website. Nearly 400,000 documents were obtained by the WikiLeaks organization and provided to several media organizations, including The New York Times,… Continue reading
Oct 22 NPR's Firing of Juan Williams Reignites Ethics, Public Media Funding Debates NPR's firing of Juan Williams this week for remarks about Muslims on Fox News has spawned numerous side discussions among journalists, commentators and politicians about media ethics, views of Muslims in the U.S. and… Continue reading
Oct 22 On Friday's NewsHour... U.S.-PAKISTAN TIES | The U.S. is rolling out a new aid package for Pakistan. What impact will it have on growing tensions between the countries? Margaret Warner talks to the U.S. special representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, for… Continue reading
Oct 22 WikiLeaks Close to Releasing War Documents; Cholera Outbreak in Haiti The WikiLeaks website is close to releasing what the Pentagon fears is "the largest cache of secret U.S. documents in history." The Associated Press reports that the documents include hundreds of thousands of intelligence reports compiled after the… Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch News Wrap: WikiLeaks Releases 400,000 Iraq War Documents In other news Friday, WikiLeaks released nearly 400,000 secret U.S. files on the Iraq war, counting more than 15,000 unreported civilian deaths. Also, Haiti is dealing with a deadly cholera outbreak. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Eric Lotz of Operation Blessing… Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch Holbrooke: Pakistan Must Be Part of Regional Solutions U.S. special representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, discusses a proposed $2 billion aid package to Pakistan, the need to include the country in regional policies, and the U.S. stance on Afghan-led talks with the Taliban. Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch News Wrap: U.S., Afghan Troops Claim Gains in Taliban Stronghold In other news Thursday, a report in The New York Times says a U.S. and Afghan military offensive has made gains in the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar by deploying a new mobile rocket and by disrupting insurgent supply lines. Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch Don't Ask, Don't Tell Reinstated, For Now; Repeal Effort Back in Limbo The military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy banning gays from serving openly in the ranks was reinstated Thursday -- at least for now. Margaret Warner talks to Time magazine's Mark Thompson about the legal battle over the policy, the Pentagon's… Continue watching
Oct 21 Jobs, Conservative Roots Pose Hurdles for Democrats in Small Town America _pap_embeddable('news01s4499qf90',482,304,{ pap_usecache:true }); Ohio's 16th District all begins with Canton. The former manufacturing hub in the northeasternpart of the state has simultaneously shrunk in population and yet grown in the ranks of Ohio cities - climbing… Continue reading
Oct 21 On Thursday's NewsHour... 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL' LEGAL BATTLE | A federal appeals court granted a stay on a judge's order to stop the military's policy of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'. Mark Thompson of Time Magazine talks about the recent changes to… Continue reading