Nov 10 Watch President Bush Nominated Alberto Gonzalez to Serve as Attorney General Less than 24 hours after making public Attorney General John Ashcroft's resignation, President Bush nominated White House counsel Alberto Gonzales to serve as the nation's top law enforcement official. Continue watching
Nov 10 Watch President Bush Nominates Alberto Gonzalez as Attorney General Gwen Ifill speaks with Sens. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., about President Bush's nomination of White House counsel Alberto Gonzales to replace Attorney General John Ashcroft. Continue watching
Nov 09 Attorney General Ashcroft, Commerce Secretary Evans Resign President Bush accepted the resignations of Attorney General John Ashcroft and Commerce Secretary Donald Evans late Tuesday in what is expected to be a series of Cabinet changes prior to the Jan. 20 start of his second term. Continue reading
Nov 09 Sudan, Darfur Rebels Sign ‘Landmark’ Peace Deal The Sudanese government and Darfur rebel groups signed new security and humanitarian accords Tuesday aimed at ending violence in the troubled region and guaranteeing aid groups access to 1.6 million refugees displaced by the conflict. Continue reading
Nov 09 Standoff in Ivory Coast Leaves 50 Dead, Official Says An upsurge in violence in the West African nation of Ivory Coast has left 50 civilians dead, an Ivorian minister told Reuters on Tuesday. Continue reading
Nov 08 Watch Experts Discuss the Ongoing Debate Over Gay Marriage Voters in eleven states voted to ban same-sex marriage on Election Day. Margaret Warner leads a debate on the gay marriage issue with Shannon Royce, executive director of the Marriage Amendment Project and Matt Foreman, executive director of the National… Continue watching
Nov 05 Watch What Went Wrong? Terence Smith speaks with Warren Mitofsky, co-director of the National Election Pool, about why the exit polls in the presidential election were so misleading. Continue watching
Nov 05 Watch Middle East Analysts Discuss the Political Climate in a Post-Arafat Palestinian Ray Suarez and Middle East analysts discuss the political climate in a post-Arafat Palestinian movement. Continue watching
Nov 05 Watch Shields and Brooks on Bush campaign winning strategy NewsHour analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the inaccurate Election Day exit polls, the Bush campaign's winning strategy, and the future agendas of both parties. Continue watching
Nov 04 Karzai Pledges Crackdown on Warlords, Drug Dealers By Admin Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's first elected president, pledged in his victory speech on Thursday to crack down on warlords and the country's booming drug economy during his five-year presidency. Continue reading