Mar 29 Message Received? Obama Weaves Warning for Syria, Yemen, Bahrain Into Libya Speech Commentators and bloggers are buzzing today with critiques of President Obama's speech on Libya. He's taking hits for the questions he didn't answer -- What happens if Gaddafi stays in power? -- and for the broader issues he didn't… Continue reading
Mar 29 President Obama Lays Out Strong Defense for Military Action in Libya The president told the nation Monday evening that the United States has "a responsibility to act" in Libya. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama spent much of his speech Monday night defending his decision to use military… Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch Obama's Libya Address: Confronting a 'Known Messy Situation' Gwen Ifill discusses the stakes of Obama's speech with Ruth Marcus and Roger Simon. Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch Supreme Court Revisits Campaign Finance With Arizona Public-Funding Arguments Marcia Coyle discusses the arguments in an Arizona hot-button state campaign finance case. Continue watching
Mar 28 President Obama on Libya Mission: 'Countless Lives Have Been Saved' Updated 9:02 p.m. | Watch the president's full remarks: ( {"base_state": {}, "video_url": "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUXEiwJiKj4"} ) Help us, via Universal Subtitles, to subtitle the president's speech in English and other languages. If you have foreign language skills, you can… Continue reading
Mar 28 White House: U.S. Seeks to Be on 'Right Side of History' in Libya Intervention As President Obama prepares to address the nation Monday night on the American military role in the fighting in Libya, White House officials brought a two-fold message to reporters during a background session. First, National Security Adviser Denis McDonough and… Continue reading
Mar 28 Political Checklist: Obama's Libya Speech, Budget Battle, Geraldine Ferraro EmbedVideo(223, 482, 304); In this week's edition of the Political Checklist, Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff take an in-depth look at what President Obama needs to accomplish with his address to the nation Monday evening about the… Continue reading
Mar 28 President to Address Nation on Libya A man waves a Libyan flag during an anti-war demonstration in front of the White House on Saturday. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama probably feels pretty good about making his big speech on Libya on… Continue reading
Mar 26 Geraldine Ferraro Dies at 75 Geraldine Ferraro, the first female vice presidential candidate for a major party and former Democratic congresswoman, died Saturday at the age of 75, according to a statement from her family. Ferraro (pictured at right in 2002) died Saturday morning at… Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch Shields and York Preview Obama's Libya Address, 2012 Republican Field Columnists Mark Shields and Byron York assess 2012 Republican candidates and Libya. Continue watching