Nov 29 Clinton: U.S. 'Deeply Regrets' WikiLeaks Documents Embarrassment Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that the United States "deeply regrets" any disclosure of classified information due to whistle-blower website WikiLeaks' releasing more than 250,000 U.S. State Department cables to media organizations. "There is nothing brave about sabotaging… Continue reading
Nov 29 Digging into Wikileaks' 'CableGate' This weekend's massive Wikileaks document dump contains -- according to Wikileaks -- "251,287 leaked United States embassy cables, the largest set of confidential documents ever to be released into the public domain." With that in mind, here are a… Continue reading
Nov 29 Citing Deficit, Obama to Freeze Pay for Federal Workers Except Military President Obama on Monday afternoon announced a two-year pay freeze for civilian federal employees but not military personnel, saying the move was needed to help bring the $1.3 trillion budget deficit under control. The White House says the freeze would… Continue reading
Nov 29 Doesn't Social Security Pay For Itself, Since it's Taken Out of My Paycheck? By Elizabeth Shell The following email comes via the PBS Ombudsman: Name: Phyllis Koch Question: I am constantly frustrated as I listen to your interviewers and commentators talk about deficits/budgets/where to cut and always including Social Security. Social Security is always mentioned… Continue reading
Nov 29 The Morning Line: Obama 2.0 Launches As the tryptophan wears off and before the reality of divided government takes hold in January, President Obama enters a week chock full of opportunities to demonstrate how the post-shellacking Obama presidency will present itself. In the four… Continue reading
Nov 29 Doesn't Social Security Pay for Itself, Since It's Taken Out of My Paycheck? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: The following email comes via the PBS Ombudsman: Name: Phyllis Koch Question:… Continue reading
Nov 26 Watch Shields and Brooks on North Korean Threats, Palin's Plans and DeLay Conviction Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks dissect the week's top news in politics. Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch The Rise and Fall of Tom DeLay On Wednesday a Texas jury found former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) guilty of laundering corporate money into political donations. Texas reporter Laylan Copelin discusses DeLay's fall from leading the U.S. House to being convicted of money laundering. Continue watching
Nov 25 President Obama Releases Plan to End Rebel Violence in Uganda President Barack Obama outlined a plan to disarm the notorious Ugandan rebel group known as the Lord's Resistance Army in a letter and policy documents sent to lawmakers Wednesday. The documents request additional funding from Congress to eliminate… Continue reading
Nov 25 Tom DeLay Convicted of Money Laundering, South Korean Defense Minister Resigns Tom DeLay Convicted of Money Laundering, Could Face Life in Prison Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Tex., stands for jury selection in his corruption trial on Oct. 26, 2010 in Austin, Tex. (Ben Sklar /Getty Images) Former House… Continue reading