Jun 21 President Bush Calls on Iran to Respond to Nuclear Deal By PBS News Hour Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday he will respond to a Western proposal to suspend the country's nuclear program in exchange for technical support and other concessions by mid-August, but President Bush urged a quicker response. Continue reading
Jun 20 Watch Abramoff Associate Found Guilty of Felony Charges As part of the wider Jack Abramoff lobbying probe, former chief procurement officer David Safavian was found guilty of one count of obstructing justice and three counts of lying or concealing information from investigators. A reporter covering the trial explains… Continue watching
Jun 20 National Guard Troops Ordered to Patrol New Orleans By Admin, PBS News Hour Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Monday she would send National Guard troops to New Orleans following a weekend of violence that left six people dead. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch Resigning Deputy Secretary of State Zoellick Discusses Darfur and Career Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick, who resigned from his post at the State Department Monday to work for Goldman Sachs, recounts his peacekeeping efforts in Darfur and experiences in other international arenas. Continue watching
Jun 19 High Court Returns Wetlands Cases to Lower Court, Agrees to Hear Abortion Appeal By Admin, PBS News Hour The Supreme Court on Monday narrowly voided a lower court's decision blocking two developments on wetlands in Michigan, and agreed to consider a second appeal to reinstate a federal ban on so-called partial-birth abortions. Continue reading
Jun 16 Watch Shields and Brooks Debate Iraq War, Karl Rove and Guantanamo Political analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the president's trip to Iraq, a House vote on a timetable for withdrawing troops, and debate over the detention center at Guantanamo. Continue watching
Jun 16 Watch Iraqi Foreign Minister Discusses the New Unity Government Hoshyar Zebari, the Iraq foreign minister talks about efforts to build a unity government, the recent violence and efforts to crackdown on militias. Zebari has served as the foreign minister of Iraq for nearly three years. Continue watching
Jun 16 Watch Pennsylvania House Incumbents Face Close Elections in 2006 In the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, several House incumbents are facing unexpectedly tight races. A report on the congressional campaign action, the first in a special series of election year reports - Choices '06. Continue watching
Jun 16 Challenges Just Beginning for New Iraqi Unity Government By Admin, PBS News Hour More than three years after American troops toppled Saddam Hussein's regime, Iraq established a permanent government that joins Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish politicians under a federal Constitution. Continue reading
Jun 16 House Rejects Setting Timeline for Withdrawal in Iraq By PBS News Hour In a symbolic move, the House passed a resolution that connected the conflict in Iraq with the global war on terrorism and rejected setting a deadline for withdrawing U.S. troops. Continue reading