Sep 01 Flow of Illegal Immigrants to the U.S. on the Decline, Study Finds A study released Wednesday by the Pew Hispanic Center found that the yearly flow of illegal immigrants into the United States dropped nearly two-thirds from 2007 to 2009 from the first five years of last decade. This… Continue reading
Sep 01 Wednesday: Mideast Peace Talks Begin, Hurricane Earl Downgraded By Maureen Hoch Hours after a primetime address marking the end of combat operations in Iraq, President Obama pivots Wednesday to another complex and vexing Mideast issue: Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. President Obama will host talks in Washington with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin… Continue reading
Sep 01 The Morning Line: Biden Grudgingly Gives Bush Administration Credit for Iraq Surge Success By Terence Burlij Updated with video 11:00a.m. ET Vice President Biden went further, albeit grudgingly, than President Obama did in his Tuesday night Oval Office address in crediting the surge of troops into Iraq ordered by President George W. Bush in January… Continue reading
Sep 01 Watch Jumpstarting Mideast Peace Talks: Will It Work? Gwen Ifill talks to the former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former National Security Adviser Steven Hadley about the issues at stake in a new round of direct peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders. Continue watching
Aug 31 Murkowski Concedes Alaska Senate Primary to Miller Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski became the latest incumbent to lose a re-election battle this year as she conceded to challenger Joe Miller Tuesday evening a week after their primary. Murkowski had trailed Miller, a Fairbanks attorney who has never… Continue reading
Aug 31 Obama's Iraq Speech: Watch Full Video By News Desk President Obama delivered an address to the nation Tuesday night marking the end of combat operations in Iraq. _pap_embed_custom('news01s42d8qf54',482,304,""); Find analysis from Mark Shields, David Brooks, David Chalian and others on our special annotated version of the speech text. Continue reading
Aug 31 Shields and Brooks: Did Obama's Iraq Speech Lack Political Luster? By News Desk In special post-speech coverage of President Obama's primetime address marking the end of combat operations, analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks weighed in on what the speech means for military policy, Iraq's ability to "turn the page" and the president's… Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch Live: President Obama Marks End of U.S. Combat Mission in Iraq Watch special NewsHour coverage of the president's speech on the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq, including analysis from columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks on your local PBS station at 8 p.m. ET Tuesday. Continue reading
Aug 31 Excerpts from President Obama's Address on End of Iraq Combat Mission Ahead of President Obama's Tuesday night address on the end of American combat operations in Iraq, the White House released these excerpts of his speech: "But this milestone should serve as a reminder to all Americans that our future is… Continue reading
Aug 31 Boehner Calls on Obama to Put Progress Ahead of Troop Pullouts As President Obama readies for a prime-time address to the nation on the formal end to combat operations in Iraq, Republicans have been focused on the troop surge that President Bush ordered in 2007 - and then candidate Obama… Continue reading