Feb 02 Watch 8:31 Could and Should U.S. End Combat Role in Afghanistan Early? Could and Should U.S. End Combat Role in Afghanistan Early?… Continue watching
Feb 02 Watch White House Downplays Panetta Remark Suggesting Early Afghan War Transition White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on Thursday tried to clarify a remark by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta suggesting an early U.S. transition out of its combat mission in Afghanistan. Carney said the statement shouldn't be considered as an announcement… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch News Wrap: Pfizer Recalls 1 Million Packets of Birth Control Pills In other news Wednesday, the drug maker Pfizer recalled 1 million packets of birth control pills. Some of the packages contained too many active tablets while others had too few, raising the risk of unintended pregnancy, the company said. Also,… Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch How Will Marines Video Affect Relations Between U.S., Afghanistan, Taliban? U.S. and Afghan officials denounced a video Thursday that appeared to show American troops urinating on enemy dead in Afghanistan. Judy Woodruff discusses the video's effects on potential peace talks with Andrew Exum of the Center for a New American… Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch Joe Raczek in New Hampshire Thinks Foreign Policy Should Be Presidential Focus Joe in New Hampshire Thinks Foreign Policy Should Be Presidential Focus… Continue watching
Jan 09 Watch News Wrap: White House Chief of Staff Steps Down; Bombings in Iraq In other news Monday, President Obama announced White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley's resignation. Daley had been in the position for a year, and will be succeeded by Jacob Lew, the president's current budget director. Also, a court martial… Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch Will Pentagon’s Errors Admission in Deadly Pakistani Airstrike Smooth Relations? A Pentagon inquiry released Thursday conceded that some mistakes were made in a November airstrike on two Pakistani outposts near the Afghan border that killed 24 troops. Margaret Warner discusses the Pentagon's expressed regret for the loss of life and… Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch Army Program Aims to Build Troops’ Mental Resilience to Stress Army Program Designed to Alleviate PTSD for Troops Returning From Combat… Continue watching
Dec 13 Afghanistan Beyond 2014: Developing a ‘Transition’ Strategy By Larisa Epatko As NATO nations pull their troops out of Afghanistan by 2014, much of their money that now supports one of the poorest countries in the world will follow them out the door. But many in the West, governments and nongovernmental… Continue reading
Dec 06 Watch War-Torn Afghanistan Suffers Worst Sectarian Violence in Years After twin suicide bombings killed dozens of Shiite worshipers Tuesday in Afghanistan, a Sunni militant group in Pakistan claimed responsibility. Afghanistan's worst sectarian violence in years happened a day after a major conference in Germany about stabilizing the country. Judy… Continue watching