Mar 22 Basque Separatist Group Declares End to Violence By PBS News Hour ETA, a Basque separatist movement that has plagued the Spanish government for nearly 40 years, declared a permanent cease-fire Wednesday, ending a bloody campaign that has killed at least 850 people. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch Minnesota Tackles Tough Immigration Issues Immigrant communities have grown to record levels in Minneapolis and St. Paul in recent years. NewsHour correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television reports on Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty's crackdown on illegal immigration and the debate over… Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch Experts Discuss The President’s Comments on Iraq President Bush took questions from the White House press corps Tuesday about Iraq, his Cabinet and the public's confidence in the administration, among other issues. Experts assess the president's efforts. Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch President Bush Defends His Decisions in the Iraq War Hoping to boost public opinion, President Bush defended his decisions over the Iraq war Tuesday morning at a press conference. Two guests give an analysis of the President's speech and assess his stance on the future of Iraq. Continue watching
Mar 20 Administration Warns Bird Flu Expected in U.S. This Year By PBS News Hour Bush administration officials Monday said the likelihood of bird flu arriving on U.S. shores this year is "increasingly likely" but that its arrival does not increase the chances of a human pandemic. Continue reading
Mar 20 Supreme Court Rejects Cigarette Award Case By Admin, PBS News Hour The Supreme Court on Monday decided not to review a $50 million punitive damage award that lower courts in California enforced upon cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris USA. Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch American Public Uncertain as Iraq War Enters its Fourth Year As public opinion surveys show growing disenchantment with the Iraq war, U.S. officials used the third anniversary to defend the continuing engagement. Two guests discuss Iraq's future. Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch Discontent Continues to Grow with U.S. Handling of Iraq War Columnist Tom Oliphant and New York Times Columnist David Brooks discuss a new book critiquing the Bush administration's pre-war planning, the continued drop in American support for the president's Iraq policy, the Feingold censure measure and more from the week's… Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch Two Authors Question Prewar Decisions A new book by two military experts has found that the Bush administration misjudged the ferocity of the armed insurgency that would follow the initial fighting in the Iraq war. The two authors discuss their findings. Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch Polls Show Decline In Support for War Jim Lehrer speaks with Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, about the latest poll numbers on how Americans view the war in Iraq. Continue watching