Jan 30 Cost of Medicare Changes Climbs From $400 Billion to $530 Billion The Bush administration announced Thursday that the new Medicare changes passed by Congress two months ago would cost at least $530 billion over ten years -- one-third more than the original Congressional Budget Office estimate. Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch Weapons Hunt Margaret Warner speaks with former CIA directors John Deutch and R. James Woolsey on the intelligence behind the assertion that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Continue watching
Jan 30 Watch View From Turkey Ray Suarez spoke with Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday in Washington on the state of U.S.-Turkey relations, the upcoming elections in Iraq and the convergence of religion and politics in the Middle East. Continue watching
Jan 29 Dean Changes Staff, Strategy; Kerry Wins Key Endorsement By PBS News Hour Even as Sen. John Kerry picked up the backing of a senior congressman in South Carolina Thursday, former Gov. Howard Dean, who dismissed his campaign manager Wednesday, outlined a new strategy to focus on delegate-rich states. Continue reading
Jan 29 Bus Bomb in Israel Kills 10, Does Not Derail Prisoner Swap A suicide bomber killed ten people when he blew up a Jerusalem bus Thursday, but the attack did not postpone a scheduled prisoner exchange between Israel and the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah. Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch Campaign 2004: Howard Dean Gwen Ifill speaks with former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean about his campaign strategy, following his second-place finish in New Hampshire. Continue watching
Jan 27 Kerry Wins Second Major Test in New Hampshire Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry firmly established himself as the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, scoring a decisive, double-digit victory over former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean in the New Hampshire primary. Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch New Hampshire Primary After weeks of listening to the Democratic presidential candidates, the voters in New Hampshire had their turn to speak today. Kwame Holman reports on the final hours of the first primary. Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch Iraq Elections The United Nations announced today that it will send a team to Iraq to consider the possibility of holding elections before the return of Iraqi sovereignty on June 30. Ray Suarez gets perspective from Nancy Soderberg of the International Crisis… Continue watching
Jan 26 Supreme Court to Review Execution of Juvenile Killers By Admin The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider the constitutionality of imposing the death penalty on those who were under 18 when they committed their crimes. Continue reading