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
Dec 06 What Makes Recent Attacks on Shiites in Afghanistan So Unusual? By Larisa Epatko Afghanistan saw the worst sectarian violence since the Taliban's fall from power when two suicide bombers struck Shiite Muslims celebrating the holy day of Ashura on Tuesday. Continue reading
Nov 11 Watch Job-Seeking Vets Confront Stigma of ‘Falling Behind’ While Deployed More than 12 percent of the roughly 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans were jobless last month, compared to 9 percent of the total population. As part of his reporting on Making Sen$e of financial news, Paul Solman looks at… Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch Obama Urges U.S. Employers to Hire Veterans President Obama declared that the "tide of war is receding" at a ceremony honoring the nation's veterans on Friday, as the military prepares to leave Iraq and begin winding down combat operations in Afghanistan. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Nov 10 Watch Young Veterans Come of Age During Wartime For more on this story, go to http://www.pbs.org/newshour/… Continue watching
Oct 31 Watch Afghanistan Sees Uptick in ‘Targeted Violence’ as Bombs Kill More Than 20 A suicide bomber blew up a checkpoint Monday in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and then three gunmen seized control of a building near the United Nations refugee office. Ray Suarez discusses the latest attacks on high-profile targets and concerns over the Afghan… Continue watching