Feb 08 New Rumsfeld Memoir Settles Scores, Spreads Responsibility for Iraq War "At its heart, it is a revenge memoir," writes NewsHour senior correspondent Gwen Ifill in her Washington Post review of former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld's new book, "Known and Unknown." The book certainly includes its fair… Continue reading
Feb 07 Watch One-Woman Show Explores Human Side of Health Care Debate Judy Woodruff speaks with actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith about her one-woman play, "Let Me Down Easy," which tackles contemporary health care issues through the eyes of more than a dozen different characters, based on hundreds of interviews she… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch Obama Urges Businesses to Ramp Up Private-Sector Hiring, Spending Obama Urges Businesses to Ramp Up Private-Sector Hiring, Spending… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch News Wrap: Unrest Spreads to Iraq as Protesters Call for Jobs, Electricity In other news Monday, Iraqis protested a lack of electricity and jobs and an end to corruption in demonstrations this weekend. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki rejected the use of violence against protesters. In southern Sudan, more than 98 percent of… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch In Egypt's Political Transformation, Who Speaks for Whom? Jeffrey Brown discusses negotiations between opposition leaders and the government of President Hosni Mubarak with Michael Singh of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and columnist Mona Eltahawy. Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch Egypt's Government Makes New Concessions But Protests Persist Egypt's Government Makes New Concessions as Protests Linger… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch Huffington, AOL CEO on Shared Vision for Online Content, Ads Huffington, AOL CEO on Shared Vision for Online Content, Ads… Continue watching
Feb 07 Reagan Remembrance Offers Chance to Take Stock of Current Political Climate It had all the trappings of a White House event: the U.S. Marine Band, a military color guard, a thunderous 21-cannon salute. But the first lady who presided over it all was the widow of the president who took… Continue reading
Feb 07 Obama Faces the Opposition in Speech to Chamber of Commerce Updated 1:30 p.m. ET Originally posted 9 a.m. ET The U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Photo by Public Citizen via Flickr. It will be a very short trip across Lafayette Park Monday morning as President Obama makes… Continue reading
Feb 04 The Doubleheader: David Brooks Responds to Reddit Questions By Hari Sreenivasan We run a tight ship here in public media land, but nevertheless Mark Shields was late to the party Friday. He missed the bus or boat or whatever, but New York Times columnist David Brooks fielded questions by himself… Continue reading