Mar 09 Pentagon Weighs In on Consumer Protections By Carolyn O'Hara The Pentagon has thrown its hat into the ring over a new consumer protection agency. Politico reports Tuesday that military leaders want a consumer watchdog to oversee auto dealers and prevent them from making predatory sales to servicemembers. The… Continue reading
Mar 09 Odierno: 'I Believe We're on Track' to Withdraw Troops After Iraq Election By News Desk In an interview airing on Tuesday's NewsHour, Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, told Jim Lehrer that he was pleased with how Iraqi forces handled security surrounding the recent national elections, saying that the violence was… Continue reading
Mar 09 America's Populist Turn: Who Will It Favor in 2010 Elections? By Dante Chinni In recent months, political populism has been defined by the Tea Party movement and framed by ire aimed at debt and government spending. But populism is a phrase that defies easy ideological pigeonholing, and another view of populism was on… Continue reading
Mar 09 Tuesday's Headlines: Biden Visits Israel; 62% Turnout in Iraqi Elections --Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prior to their meeting at the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem on Tuesday. Photo by David Furst/AFP/Getty Images. On a mission to restart stalled peace talks in… Continue reading
Mar 09 Watch Biden Condemns Planned Israeli Expansion in East Jerusalem Vice President Joe Biden is in the Middle East, meeting with Israeli officials about resuming peace talks after more than a year or deadlock in the region. He pledged commitment to Israel's security, but condemned plans to expand settlements eastward. Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch U.N. Calls for Justice after Nigerian Sectarian Massacre The United Nations and human rights groups are calling for swift punishment in Nigeria after a bloody clash between Muslims and Christians that left as many as 500 people dead on Sunday, as the country's unstable government tries to contain… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch Nigeria's Government Struggles to Restore Order after Massacre The Nigerian military is asking for patience as it tries to contain the escalating violence that left as many as 500 people dead Sunday. Gwen Ifill talks to American University's Patrick Ukata and the president of The Fund for Peace,… Continue watching
Mar 08 Tea Party Is on the March in 2010 One month after their convention in Nashville, Tenn., landed them firmly on the political radar screen, organizers and supporters of the tea party movement are hyper-focused on November's mid-term elections for the U.S. House and Senate. "We want to… Continue reading
Mar 08 Monday: Despite Violence, Iraqis Head to Polls; Hundreds Killed in Nigeria -- Kurdish Iraqis read newspapers in the northern city of Arbil a day after Sunday's general elections. Photo by Safin Hamed/AFP/Getty Images. Braving insurgent attacks that killed at least 38 people, Iraqis flocked to the polls Sunday for parliamentary… Continue reading
Mar 08 Watch News Wrap: U.S. Troops Ready to Take Kandahar From Taliban In other news Monday, U.S. troops are preparing to wrest control of Kandahar, Afghanistan's second-largest city, from Taliban control with a gradual buildup. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Robert Gates met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in an unannounced visit to the… Continue watching