Dec 21 Report Charges FEMA Wasted Funds After Hurricane Katrina By Admin, PBS News Hour The Federal Emergency Management Agency is under fire for wasting taxpayers' money on illegitimate disaster aid claims in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, though the agency contends it had to streamline procedures to send aid quickly to those in need. Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch Incoming House Chairman Discusses U.S. Role in Iraq Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., who will become the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee next month, discusses his new role and gives his assessment of the war in Iraq. Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch President Bush Vows to Continue in Iraq in Year-end Speech The NewsHour reports on President Bush's year-end address about the state of U.S. operations in Iraq and a possible short-term increase in troop levels. Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch Two States Put Lethal Injections on Hold A California judge has ruled that the state's lethal injection is unconstitutional, while Florida suspended executions after a botched one took 34 minutes and two tries. A critic and a defender of lethal injections discuss the developments. Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch Turkish Prime Minister Says U.S. Must Set Timetable for Iraq Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warns Iraq has descended into civil war and says the U.S. should set a timetable for withdrawing troops. Continue watching
Dec 19 EU Condemns Libyan Death Verdict By PBS News Hour Bulgarian and European Union officials condemned the death sentences handed down Tuesday by a Libyan court to six foreign medical workers for intentionally infecting children with HIV. Continue reading
Dec 18 Watch Cambodians Search for Justice after Pol Pot’s Brutal Regime The people of Cambodia are still searching for justice three decades after former dictator Pol Pot's regime accused of forced labor, starvation and mass executions. The Bureau for International Reporting gives an update. Continue watching
Dec 18 Abbas Calls for Early Elections After Hamas-Fatah Violence By Admin, PBS News Hour In the days after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called for early parliamentary elections on Saturday, deadly fighting between rival Hamas and Fatah factions continued throughout the Gaza region. Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch Analysts Discuss Rumsfeld Resignation and Iraq Study Group Report Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the departure of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and the Bush administration's reaction to the Iraq Study Group report. Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch Democratic Senator Johnson in Critical Condition Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., was in critical condition Thursday, following brain surgery. His medical condition has raised questions about the fate of the new Senate majority in Congress and the possible political impact of the Senator's illness. Continue watching