Dec 22 With 'Don't Ask' Repeal, Military Again Poised to Be a Change Agent Almost half of my youth was spent in the South, where the civil rights movement played out in ways both peaceful and violent. My father was stationed in the Army in Taiwan, so when our family moved to Georgia I… Continue reading
Dec 22 Obama on Bipartisan Accomplishments: U.S. 'Not Doomed to Endless Gridlock' Calling recent weeks "the most productive post-election period we've had in decades," President Obama took a victory lap of sorts Wednesday afternoon in a White House news conference, but he noted some significant disappointments and outlined goals for the… Continue reading
Dec 22 Watch News Wrap: U.S. Government Funding Secured Through March In other news Wednesday, the federal government's operations are now funded at least through March 4 after President Obama signed a temporary spending bill that freezes most agency budgets at current levels. Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch Obama Marks 'Season of Progress,' But New Political Landscape Looms Assessing accomplishments in Congress' lame-duck session, President Obama said Wednesday the nation is not "doomed to endless gridlock." Gwen Ifill speaks with USA Today's Susan Page and Andrew Kohut of the Pew Research Center about what the lame-duck Congress has… Continue watching
Dec 22 Video: Obama Signs 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Into Law President Obama signed a landmark repeal of the ban on gay men and women serving openly in the armed services Wednesday, fulfilling a key campaign promise. The law ends the 17-year-old "don't ask, don't tell" policy that forced gays to… Continue reading
Dec 22 Senate to Vote on START, Obama Signs DADT Repeal, Tensions in Ivory Coast Updated 5:00 p.m. ET The Senate gave final approval to the New START treaty on Wednesday by a vote of 71-26. Posted 9:45 a.m. ET The Senate appears poised to approve a nuclear arms pact with Russia,… Continue reading
Dec 21 3 Questions for U.S. Census Director Robert Groves Tuesday was a major day for the U.S. Census as it announced the latest U.S. population (308,745,538 as of April 1), the changes in state populations and the new distribution of congressional seats. On Tuesday's NewsHour,… Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch News Wrap: Food Safety Bill Heads to Obama to Sign In other news Tuesday, the House and Senate moved toward funding government operations through March. Also, a new food safety bill is headed to President Obama's desk for his signature. Continue watching
Dec 21 On Tuesday's NewsHour: START Treaty, Cuban Medicine, Census Results START TREATY HEADS TOWARD RATIFICATION | President Obama has apparently secured more than enough Senate votes to ratify the U.S.-Russia START nuclear arms treaty. Naftali Ben David of The Wall Street Journal looks at the shift in momentum as… Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch Census: U.S. West's Population Overtakes Midwest's New Census numbers out Tuesday show that the U.S. population has grown to 308.7 million, but the rate of growth has slowed in the past decade. Census Director Robert Groves goes over the numbers with Judy Woodruff. Continue watching