Jan 06 Watch Senate Retirements Hint at Shifting Political Landscape Two veteran Democratic senators will not be coming back after this year. Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut announced his decision Wednesday, hours after Byron Dorgan of North Dakota did the same. Gwen Ifill talks to reporters for context on the… Continue watching
Jan 05 Obama: U.S. Intelligence Failed to 'Connect Dots' on Airliner Plot By Quinn Bowman President Obama spoke late this afternoon about his meeting with top national security advisers about a wide-ranging review he ordered of the homeland security and intelligence systems. The message was clear: the U.S. government's intelligence and air travel security systems… Continue reading
Jan 05 White House Halting Gitmo Transfers to Yemen The White House, via spokesman Robert Gibbs, announced Tuesday that it would stop the transfer of detainees from the Guantanamo Bay prison camp back to Yemen, a country recently under the spotlight in Washington. "While we remain committed to… Continue reading
Jan 05 Health Reform Talks Resume; Dems to Bypass Formal Conference After a holiday break, congressional Democrats are beginning to return to Capitol Hill for a final push to pass health care reform legislation before President Obama's State of the Union address, likely in early February. Although Congress isn't scheduled… Continue reading
Jan 05 Tuesday's Headlines: Yemen Embassy Reopens; Obama Meets with Officials The U.S. embassy in Yemen reopened its doors Tuesday after a two-day closure, saying Yemeni forces had successfully addressed security fears brought on by al-Qaida groups in that country. Despite reopening the embassy, U.S. officials cautioned Americans in Yemen… Continue reading
Jan 05 What Reforms Would Help U.S. Intelligence Agencies? By Quinn Bowman As President Obama talks to advisers about the lapses that allowed an attempted airline bombing on Christmas Day, the PBS NewsHour asked intelligence experts to weigh in on what reforms they would recommend and to reflect on changes since 2001. Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch Obama: Intelligence Failures Allowed Attempted Plane Attack President Obama told U.S. security chiefs Tuesday that an attempted airliner bomb attack was the result of a "screw up" by intelligence agencies and that he won't tolerate it. Jim Lehrer gets reaction on the president's remarks and U.S. efforts… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch News Wrap: U.S. Reopens Embassy in Yemen In other news Tuesday, the U.S. reopened its embassy in Yemen after security concerns forced a two-day closure, and "rising threats and attacks" pushed the United Nations World Food Program to suspend aid to approximately 1 million people in southern… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch In Afghanistan, Cabinet Fight Clouds Reform Efforts Afghanistan's parliament delivered a stinging rebuke to President Hamid Karzai on Saturday after rejecting 17 or his 24 cabinet nominees. Margaret Warner speaks with Afghanistan's ambassador to the U.S., Said Jawad, about what the vote means for his country's already… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch News Wrap: 5 Americans Held in Pakistan Deny al-Qaida Ties In other news, five U.S. men detained in Pakistan for their alleged terrorist ties have denied charges against them, and Iraq's prime minister said he would seek punishment for five American security contractors accused of killing 14 civilians in Baghdad… Continue watching