Jun 23 Watch Gates: I Was ' Strong Advocate' for Afghanistan Surge to End in Summer 2012 Gates: I Was ' Strong Advocate' for Surge to End in Summer 2012… Continue watching
Jun 23 Obama and Boehner Take Center Stage as Republicans Walk From Biden Talks Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., left, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., walk to the budget talk meeting with Vice President Biden and other Congressional leaders in Sen. Reid's office on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (Photo By… Continue reading
Jun 23 Angry Times in California California's Legislature is terribly unpopular. In March, just 16 percent of the public approved of the job the lawmakers were doing. So there was a collective cheer you could almost hear from San Diego to Eureka when the… Continue reading
Jun 23 Obama's Middle Ground on Afghanistan Is Between a Rock and a Hard Place President Obama's address Wednesday night is shown in the White House press briefing room. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. By seeking the middle ground in unwinding U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan, President Obama now finds himself on an… Continue reading
Jun 22 Watch Obama Unveils Afghanistan Drawdown Plan: What Will Allies Think? President Obama outlined his plan Wednesday to withdraw 33,000 troops from Afghanistan by summer 2012, saying "it is time to focus on nation building here at home." Judy Woodruff discusses the impact of the president's decision with The Washington Post's… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch Obama on Afghan War Drawdown: 'The Tide of War Is Receding' Obama on Afghan Troop Drawdown: 'The Tide of War Is Receding'… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch Al Gore's Critique Sparks Debate Over Obama's Record on Global Warming In a "Rolling Stone" article, former Vice President Al Gore criticized President Obama's record on climate change. Gwen Ifill discusses what Mr. Obama has and hasn't done with The Center for International Policy's Glenn Hurowitz, The Center for American Progress'… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch How Will Drawdown Affect U.S. Mission in Afghanistan? In a primetime address Wednesday, President Obama will unveil his plan for the size and pace of the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. Judy Woodruff discusses the politics influencing the president's decisions with The Washington Post's Ruth Marcus and The… Continue watching
Jun 22 Live Coverage On-Air and Online: Obama's Afghan War Drawdown Speech President Obama will address the nation in a primetime speech Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET to announce his decision on the scope and pace of a U.S. troop drawdown in Afghanistan. He is expected to unveil a plan to bring… Continue reading
Jun 22 McConnell: We Shouldn't Talk About Default Consequences Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks through the halls of the U.S. Capitol November 15, 2010. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday he wasn't interested in discussing the negative economic consequences that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben… Continue reading