Mar 19 Pres. Bush Urges Unity on First Anniversary of Iraq War President Bush, in a speech marking the first anniversary of the start of the Iraq war Friday, tied the effort to rebuild the war-torn nation into the overall endeavor to combat terrorism. Continue reading
Mar 19 Watch One Year Later in Iraq President Bush marked the one year anniversary of the war with Iraq by giving a speech at the White House. Here are some excerpts. Continue watching
Mar 18 Pakistanis Say They May Have Cornered Al-Qaida No. 2 Man By PBS News Hour Pakistani troops may have surrounded Osama bin Laden's right-hand man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in the lawless mountainous region near the Afghan border, three Pakistani senior officials said Thursday. Continue reading
Mar 18 Car Bomb Destroys Hotel in Baghdad A car bombing nearly leveled a hotel in central Baghdad Wednesday night, killing at least seven and wounding more than 27, three days before the anniversary of the start of the Iraq war. Continue reading
Mar 17 Watch Deadly Blast in Iraq A 1,000-pound bomb ripped through a Baghdad hotel today, killing at least 27 people and wounding 40 others. Ray Suarez speaks with New York Times reporter Jeffrey Gettleman about the blast in Baghdad. Continue watching
Mar 16 Fourth American Missionary Dies After Car Ambush in Iraq A fourth American missionary died of his wounds Tuesday from an ambush in northern Iraq that killed three others who worked for a Southern Baptist missionary organization, one of the latest in a string of attacks on foreign civilians. Continue reading
Mar 11 House Approves Tougher Broadcast Indecency Measures By Admin By a 391-22 vote, the House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation significantly raising fines for the airing of television and radio broadcasts deemed indecent. Continue reading
Mar 10 Watch Back from Iraq Some 130,000 U.S. soldiers are returning from service in Iraq as part of the largest troop rotation since World War II. Betty Ann Bowser talks to some of those soldiers about the challenges they faced in the war-torn nation. Continue watching
Mar 05 Bush Campaign Ads Featuring 9/11 Come Under Fire By Admin President Bush's reelection campaign came under fire Friday, as some families of Sept. 11 victims and firefighters protested that the new TV commercials using images from the terror attacks were exploiting the tragedy for political gain. Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch General John Abizaid The head of U.S. Central Command General John Abizaid speaks with Jim Lehrer about the American military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan and about efforts to hunt and capture key terror network figures, including Osama bin Laden. Continue watching