May 10 President Bush's Statement at the Pentagon By PBS News Hour At the Pentagon, President Bush issued a strong endorsement of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and provided an update on the war in Iraq. The following is text of Mr. Bush's statement as transcribed by the White House. Continue reading
May 10 Watch For the Record: President Bush at the Pentagon President Bush vowed full financial backing for American troops in Iraq during a visit to the Pentagon and offered strong support for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. The president also saw additional images of prisoners abused at the Abu Ghraib… Continue watching
May 10 Watch Legal Options for Prosecuting U.S. Military Members Accused of Iraqi Abuse With one trial already set, the U.S. departments of Defense and Justice are devising a plan to divide additional prosecutions of American military personnel and civilian defense contractors involved in the alleged abuse of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison… Continue watching
May 10 Watch Struggle for Conotrol: Sadr City The United States bombed the Baghdad headquarters of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr today. The coalition said 35 insurgents were killed in the strike, while two American troops were killed elsewhere in Iraq. Terence Smith gets an update on the… Continue watching
May 10 Watch Experts Analyze Coalition Progress in the Iraq War Between a growing prisoner abuse scandal and continued clashes between insurgents and coalition forces, some say the U.S.-led war in Iraq is facing major challenges to any successful military conclusion. Margaret Warner gets three perspectives on coalition progress and what… Continue watching
May 07 Rumsfeld Offers 'Deepest Apology' for Iraqi Prisoner Abuse Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld extended "my deepest apology" to Iraqi prisoners abused by U.S. military personnel and told lawmakers that he accepts full responsibility for the events and is seeking a way to compensate the victims. Continue reading
May 07 Watch Historical Perspectives: Secretary Rumsfeld Ray Suarez gets historical perspectives about Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's testimony from presidential historian Michael Beschloss and Richard Norton Smith, director of the Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Continue watching
May 07 Watch Reaction to Secretary Rumsfeld's Testimony Before Congress Leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee discuss Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's testimony about the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal. Continue watching
May 07 Watch Called to Account: Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Kwame Holman provides a background report on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's testimony to Congress about the Iraqi prisoner scandal. Continue watching
May 06 Soldiers Battle Shiites in Najaf; Bomber Kills Six in Baghdad By PBS News Hour As the United States launched a new assault against Shiite forces near Najaf Thursday, a suicide bomber killed one U.S. soldier and five Iraqi civilians in a brazen attack on the heavily fortified safe zone in Baghdad. Continue reading