... when the president scrapped plans for a military strike on Syria. Iran is supporting the Assad regime in Syria. We will look deeper into the U.S.- Saudi relationship in just a few moments. Late today, Russian President Vladimir Putin telephoned President Obama to discuss Ukraine. They spoke for an ...
... Updated 6 p.m. ET: Former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., faced questions on possible looming spending cuts at the Pentagon and his support for U.S. ally Israel at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday to become secretary of defense. Several senators asked about his commitment to Israel based on ...
... has written eight books and countless commentaries on the American presidency, but recently he's discovered a new way to engage a different audience, taking us back through the nation's contemporary history in 140 characters or less. Michael joins us now. Michael, what is with the 140-character chunks ...
... by Republican state officials to limit the days and hours that early voting can take place, moves that Democrats went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to challenge, as of this weekend, almost two million Ohioans had voted early. And, on Sunday the line at the one ...
... than any other country except Israel and Vietnam,most of the $57 billion has been spent on weapons purchased from American defense contractors and the U.S. military.* Besides helping U.S. industry, what does that money buy us? According to this 2009 cable from the U.S. embassy in ...
... saw the crowd begin to mount and probably feared that some of the more active leaders would get word of my visit and descend upon us. By this time, the dawn was upon us. The light began to -- the sun began to -- the first rays of the sun began to ...
In 1971, parts of a secret Pentagon report began to surface in The New York Times calling the Vietnam War's validity into question. Forty years later, the Pentagon Papers were declassified and released in full Monday. Jeffrey Brown discusses the leak's significance with historian Michael Beschloss and journalist Sanford Ungar.
President Obama issued his strongest statement yet on Libya, saying Moammar Gadhafi must step down and leave the country. James Mates, Jonathan Miller and Alex Thomson of Independent Television News report on the latest developments in Libya and a new investigation launched by the International Criminal Court.
Over the weekend, China flexed its economic and military power when Japan gave into demands by releasing a trawler captain. Margaret Warner examines China's growing assertiveness in the region.
As part of its investigation into failings in the federal government's Hurricane Katrina response, the Senate Homeland Security Committee heard the testimony of Michael Brown, former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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