Jun 20 National Guard Troops Ordered to Patrol New Orleans By Admin, PBS News Hour Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Monday she would send National Guard troops to New Orleans following a weekend of violence that left six people dead. Continue reading
Jun 20 Two Missing U.S. Troops Found Dead in Iraq By PBS News Hour The bodies of two American soldiers who disappeared Friday after an insurgent attack on a checkpoint were discovered late Monday and showed signs of having been tortured, according to the Iraqi military. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch Newspaper Editor Ben Bradlee Discusses Career, Journalism Former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, who guided the newspaper through Watergate, the Pentagon Papers and other crises, sits down for an extended conversation with Jim Lehrer about journalism and his career. Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch Episcopalians Elect First Woman to Head U.S. Church Bishops at the U.S. Episcopal Church's governing General Convention meeting narrowly voted Katharine Jefferts Schori in as the new head of the church Sunday, widening the schism in the Anglican Church. Religion experts discuss the election and the growing problems… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch Massive Search Effort Underway for Two Missing U.S. Soldiers Amid the security crackdown in Baghdad, an al-Qaida linked group has claimed responsibility Monday for abducting two U.S. soldiers from a checkpoint while the U.S. military has charged three soldiers with the murder of three detainees during an operation. Continue watching
Jun 16 House Rejects Setting Timeline for Withdrawal in Iraq By PBS News Hour In a symbolic move, the House passed a resolution that connected the conflict in Iraq with the global war on terrorism and rejected setting a deadline for withdrawing U.S. troops. Continue reading
Jun 14 Somali Islamist Militants Seize Town from Warlords By PBS News Hour Somali Islamist militias that took over the capital Mogadishu last week ousted warlords from the strategic town of Jowhar on Wednesday. Continue reading
Jun 13 President Bush Visits Iraq to Discuss Security, Other Matters By Admin, PBS News Hour President Bush made a surprise trip to Baghdad Tuesday to meet with Iraqi leaders about ways to secure the country, including Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's reported plan to deploy 75,000 Iraqi and multinational forces to the capital. Continue reading
Jun 12 Watch Guantanamo Suicides Stir Criticism of U.S. Policy Over the weekend, news of three suicides at the Guantanamo detention facility in Cuba raised new questions about the manner in which the United States is treating terror suspects. Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch 2006 World Cup Kicks Off in Germany As soccer's World Cup kicks off in Germany, two authors talk about the history and culture of the tournament. Continue watching