Mar 09 Lebanon Reinstates Pro-Syrian Prime Minister By PBS News Hour A majority of Lebanon's parliament Wednesday voted to reinstate pro-Syrian Prime Minister Omar Karami who resigned in February in the face of opposition protests. Continue reading
Mar 09 Watch House Ways and Means Debates Social Security The House Ways and Means Committee debated Social Security solvency in a hearing Wednesday. The comptroller general of the U.S., David Walker, testified that there is no immediate crisis but pushed Congress to act "sooner rather than later," arguing the… Continue watching
Mar 08 Pro-Syrian Protesters Rally in Beirut By Admin, PBS News Hour About 500,000 pro-Syrian demonstrators gathered in the Lebanese capital of Beirut Tuesday, chanting anti-American slogans in response to a call from the militant Shiite Muslim Hezbollah group to counter anti-Syrian rallies held earlier this week. Continue reading
Mar 08 Watch President Bush Nominates John Bolton as U.S. Ambassador to U.N. President Bush nominated Undersecretary of State John Bolton, an arms control expert and outspoken UN critic, as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Two policy analysts discuss the surprise nomination. Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch Chechen Rebel Leader Aslan Maskhadov Killed During Russian Special-Ops Mission Russian authorities announced that Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov was killed during a special operations mission. A discussion about Maskhadov's death and the impact it will have on the Chechen-Kremlin relationship. Continue watching
Mar 07 Syria Announces Partial Lebanon Troop Pullback By PBS News Hour Syria will immediately begin a phased troop pullback in Lebanon, the presidents of both countries announced Monday in a joint statement. Continue reading
Mar 07 Watch Syrian Troops Begin to Withdraw from Lebanon Syrian troops began to withdraw from Lebanon Monday in response to growing protests to Syria's presence in the country. Two regional experts discuss the implications of the partial pullback. Continue watching
Mar 04 Syria to Annouce Partial Withdrawal of Troops From Lebanon By PBS News Hour Former Lebanese government officials announced that Syria will soon begin a partial withdrawal of troops from Lebanon, but President Bush said the United States would not accept anything other than a full withdrawal of Syrian troops and officials. Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch President Bush Jump-starts His ’60 stops in 60 days’ Social Security Reform Camp President Bush jump-started his "60 stops in 60 days" Social Security reform campaign Friday in New Jersey and Indiana. Media correspondent Terence Smith reports on how the Bush administration is trying to sell its Social Security plan. Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch Shields and Brooks Discuss Social Security and Tax Reform NewsHour analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss President Bush's plan to overhaul the Social Security system and a proposal by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan to introduce a national sales tax. Continue watching