Feb 03 Watch Debate Reignites on Legal Rights of Terror Suspects The suspect in the attempted Christmas Day bombing incident is speaking to authorities again, but some lawmakers are worried the administration's handling of the case poses a risk to national security. Jim Lehrer speaks with experts about how the U.S. Continue watching
Feb 02 Military Explores Dismantling of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' By Quinn Bowman Top U.S. military officials on Tuesday echoed President Obama's call for a repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, telling a Senate panel that they were preparing for an eventual undoing of the rule that prohibits gays from serving… Continue reading
Feb 02 Tuesday's Headlines: Budget Hearings; 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Underway By Tom LeGro One day after the Obama administration released its $3.8 trillion budget plan, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the president's budget director, Peter Orszag, are set to explain it Tuesday before congressional committees. Also on Capitol Hill, Defense Secretary Robert Gates… Continue reading
Feb 01 President Obama's YouTube Interview: The New Fireside Chat? By Hari Sreenivasan Fresh off his interview with President Barack Obama, YouTube's Steve Grove stopped by The Rundown Monday evening to discuss new ways the public is communicating its concerns and suggestions with the White House. _pap_embed_custom('news01s3a23qdbe',482,304,""); Watch Grove's full interview with… Continue reading
Feb 01 Links to Help Break Down the Budget The budget President Obama released Monday would spend about $3.8 trillion in the 2011 fiscal year (which actually starts this October). Here are a few ways to understand that very large number: The New York Times… Continue reading
Feb 01 Toyota Details Fix for Millions of Gas Pedals; First Lawsuits Filed Following its Jan. 21 recall of accelerator pedals in eight models, Toyota* Motor Corp. said Monday it will begin repairs in millions of affected vehicles starting this week. Toyota said in a statement Monday that its engineers developed and… Continue reading
Feb 01 President Obama Answers Questions Posted to YouTube By Dave Gustafson Updated 6:20pm ET In a live Webcast Monday afternoon, President Barack Obama answered questions posed by members of the YouTube community. The video will be archived here. You can read a full transcript of the interview here, courtesy… Continue reading
Feb 01 Obama: Changing Spending-as-Usual Depends on Changing Politics-as-Usual By Carolyn O'Hara In remarks this morning about his newly unveiled budget for fiscal 2011, President Barack Obama defended his administration's fiscal record as preventing further economic disaster but declared that "budget common sense" should now guide Washington's spending. "I'm… Continue reading
Feb 01 Monday's Headlines: Obama to Submit $3.83 Trillion Budget By Tom LeGro President Barack Obama plans to send Congress a $3.83 trillion budget that calls for more money to fight high unemployment and cuts in spending for government programs to reduce a projected record deficit this year. President Obama's plan would raise… Continue reading