Dec 10 Watch Wartime President Accepts Peace Prize with an ‘American Speech’ Just days after announcing an escalation in Afghanistan, President Obama traveled to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. Jim Lehrer speaks with a panel of experts for reactions and perspective on the president's task in Oslo. Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch News Wrap: Storm Pounds Midwest, New England In other news, a major winter storm that rocked the midwest earlier this week has moved east to New England, and General David Petraeus warned the surge in Afghanistan may be tougher than the surge in Iraq. Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch Afghan Timetable, Troop Levels Spark Skepticism Two top U.S. officials in Afghanistan told lawmakers Tuesday they support President Obama's revamped war plan, despite skepticism from some lawmakers. Republican Mike Pence of Indiana and Democrat James McGovern of Massachusetts describe their views to Jim Lehrer. Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch War Weary British Seek An End in Afghanistan Margaret Warner travels to the tiny English village of Wootton Bassett and finds growing unease about British involvement in Afghanistan. Continue watching
Dec 07 Watch With Afghan Plan Under Fire, Pentagon Issues First Deployments More than half of the 30,000 additional soldiers President Obama will send to Afghanistan received their deployment orders Monday, despite lingering questions over a planned drawdown beginning in 2011. Continue watching
Dec 07 Monday’s Headlines: Afghanistan, Climate Change and Health Care -- A U.S. soldier shakes hands with villagers during a patrol in the Narang district of the eastern Kunar province in Afghanistan on Sunday. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images) Several news organizations over the weekend focused their attention… Continue reading
Dec 07 Weekly Poem: ‘TV, Evening News’ Marie Ponsot has published several books of poems, including most recently, "Springing" (2002) and "The Bird Catcher" (1998), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the 1999 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch Mullen on Afghanistan: ‘We Have Not Set a Withdrawal Date’ In an interview with Jim Lehrer, Chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen discusses President Obama's plan to send an additional 30,000 soldiers to Afghanistan and a timetable for U.S. withdrawal. Continue watching
Dec 04 Watch Shields, Brooks Take on Afghan Plan, ‘Populist Uprising’ Over Economy Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks examine the implications of the latest unemployment figures and President Obama's decision to commit more troops to Afghanistan. Continue watching
Dec 04 Watch Clinton: Many Pakistanis Have ‘Reflex of Skepticism’ over U.S. Efforts Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to Margaret Warner about the surge in Afghanistan, NATO's help with the war and securing a withdrawal date for U.S. forces. Continue watching