Sep 09 Post Ferguson, senators question military-to-police weapons programs By Quinn Bowman The fallout from the police response to protests in Ferguson, Missouri last month continued on Capitol Hill today. During a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing, senators from both parties grilled administration witnesses about programs that provide military-grade equipment and weapons… Continue reading
Aug 14 Watch Why military equipment is in the hands of local police By PBS News Hour Violent clashes between local police and protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, has highlighted the distribution of military equipment to police departments around the country from the U.S. Defense Department. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Matt Apuzzo of The New York Times about… Continue watching
May 30 Russia pulls back most of its forces from Ukrainian border By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press U.S. defense officials said Thursday that Russia has pulled most of its forces away from the Ukraine border, a withdrawal that the U.S. has been demanding for weeks. They said about seven battalions remained, amounting to a couple of thousand… Continue reading
Feb 25 Watch 9:16 Budget cuts could ground nearly unstoppable A-10 Warthog aircraft By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 18 Watch Defense Secretary Hagel on Security: ‘We Need To Do More — And We Will’ Defense Secretary Hagel on Security: 'We Need To Do More -- And We Will.'… Continue watching
Sep 18 Watch Pentagon Orders Review of Security at Military Facilities Worldwide Pentagon Orders Review of Security at Military Facilities Worldwide… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch Deputy Defense Secretary: Spending Must Be ‘Driven by Strategy’ Deputy Secretary Carter: Future Defense Spending Must be "Driven By Strategy"… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch Deputy Defense Secretary: Spending Must Be ‘Driven by Strategy’ Deputy Defense Secretary on Budget Cuts, Sexual Assaults… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch New Tensions Crop Up Between U.S. and Afghanistan as Major Transitions Loom New Tensions Crop Up Between U.S. and Afghanistan as Major Transitions Loom… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch American Soldiers Gunned Down in Afghanistan in Insider Attack Two American soldiers were killed in an insider attack in Afghanistan following accusations by Afghan President Hamid Karzai that U.S. forces are working with the Taliban to stage suicide bombings. Judy Woodruff reports on the latest violence and Defense Secretary… Continue watching