Jul 13 Watch Allegations of Abuse The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing Wednesday to determine whether allegations of prisoner abuse at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are true. Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch Media Relations The possibility of White House senior aide Karl Rove as the anonymous source in the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's name highlights the push-and-pull relationship between the White House press secretary and the press corps. Continue watching
Jul 12 Watch General Richard Myers Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Richard Myers, who will step down from his post this September, speaks with Jim Lehrer about military challenges in Iraq and Afghanistan, his role as military adviser to the president, and his relationship with Sec. of… Continue watching
Jul 11 North Korea Agrees to Return to Nuclear Talks By PBS News Hour North Korea agreed Saturday to resume multilateral talks aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program five months after saying it would never do so. Continue reading
Jul 07 Al-Qaida Says Egyptian Envoy Killed By PBS News Hour Al-Qaida in Iraq said on a Web site Thursday that it had killed the Egyptian top envoy in Iraq, Ihab al-Sherif, who had been abducted days earlier. Continue reading
Jul 06 London to Host 2012 Olympic Games By PBS News Hour London beat Paris in the final round of balloting Wednesday to secure the Olympic Games in 2012. Continue reading
Jul 06 Watch Protecting Anonymous Sources A federal judge sentenced New York Times reporter Judith Miller to jail Wednesday for refusing to divulge her source to a grand jury investigating the administration's leak of a CIA operative's identity. Two media experts analyze the sentencing and what… Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch Olympic Choice The International Olympic Committee early Wednesday chose London to host the 2012 Summer Games over Paris, the early favorite. Social sciences professor and Olympic historian John MacAloon talks about the Olympics bidding process. Continue watching
Jul 05 Insurgents Target Arab Diplomats in Iraq By PBS News Hour Insurgents attacked Arab and Muslim diplomats in Iraq over the past few days, seizing Egypt's top envoy to Iraq in Baghdad and wounding Bahrain's top envoy in a kidnapping attempt. Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch Soldiers’ Stories Three soldiers and one Marine who all recently returned from Iraq speak about their experiences in Iraq during the insurgency, which is steadily increasing. Continue watching