Dec 16 Watch Fixing Social Security Financing Ray Suarez leads a discussion on the best way to reform Social Security with two public policy experts. Continue watching
Dec 15 Bomb Kills Seven on First Day of Campaigning in Iraq By PBS News Hour Violence marred the first day of presidential campaigning in Iraq when an explosion in Karbala killed seven people Wednesday, while Iraq's interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi announced his candidacy for the Jan. 30 election. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch Augusto Pinochet Indicted on Humanitarian Abuse Charges Elizabeth Farnsworth reports on the indictment of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet on charges of human rights violations in part one of a two-part series. Continue watching
Dec 13 Barghouti Drops Out of Palestinian Leadership Race By PBS News Hour Marwan Barghouti, the popular Palestinian leader imprisoned for his role in suicide attacks against Israelis, withdrew from the Palestinian presidential race Sunday and threw his support to opponent Mahmoud Abbas. Continue reading
Dec 13 EPA Chief Tapped to Lead Health and Human Services Agency By PBS News Hour President Bush on Monday nominated Michael Leavitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to head the Department of Health and Human Services. Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch Bernard Kerik Withdraws From Consideration Amid Controversy Margaret Warner speaks with a White House correspondent about Bernard Kerik's withdrawal from consideration for secretary of Homeland Security. Continue watching
Dec 10 President Names Former Treasury Official As Energy Chief By PBS News Hour President Bush on Friday named Sam Bodman, a former deputy commerce secretary and deputy treasury secretary, to head the Department of Energy, filling one of the last openings in his second-term Cabinet. Continue reading
Dec 10 Watch Shields and Brooks on Rumsfeld Syndicated Columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks consider the fallout from Sec. Rumsfeld's pointed exchanges with soldiers in Kuwait and the final shakeups in President Bush's second-term Cabinet. Continue watching
Dec 09 President Names Veterans Secretary, Completes Cabinet Reshuffle By Admin, PBS News Hour President Bush nominated Jim Nicholson, the former Republican Party chairman and an ex-Army ranger, to replace retiring Anthony Principi as Veterans Affairs secretary, finishing a Cabinet reorganization that saw the departure of nine secretaries. Continue reading
Dec 08 Congress Passes Sweeping Intelligence Reform By PBS News Hour After weeks of delay and debate, the House and Senate adopted a bill this week that would dramatically overhaul the U.S. intelligence community, including creating a national intelligence director and counterterrorism center. Continue reading