Jul 22 Watch Other News: Senate Rejects Concealed Gun Measure In other news, the Senate narrowly rejected a measure that would have allowed gun owners to more easily travel across state lines with a concealed firearm, and the prime minister of Iraq visited the White House. Continue watching
Jul 21 Watch Senate Vote Against F-22 Funds a Win for Obama In a key political victory for President Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the Senate on Tuesday voted 58-40 to block $1.75 billion in financing for new F-22 fighter jets. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
Jul 21 Watch Other News: Bailout Funds Come Under New Scrutiny In other news, lawmakers asked new questions on the spending of federal bailout dollars, and the Senate Judiciary Committee has delayed a vote on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor by one week. Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch Other News: Army to Add 22,000 Soldiers In other news, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced that the Army would add 22,000 more soldiers to its ranks, and in Mumbai, India, the only surviving gunman in last November's shooting attacks changed his plea to guilty. Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch Death Toll Mounts as Coalition Forces Confront Taliban As coalition forces attempt to wrest control of southern Afghanistan from Taliban insurgents, they are experiencing their highest casualties in eight years of war. Analysts discuss the rise in violence with Gwen Ifill. Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch Other News: Obama Predicts More Job Losses, Helicopter Crashes in Afghanistan In other news, President Barack Obama predicted job losses would likely continue to rise for the next few months, and six civilians working for NATO died in Afghanistan when their helicopter crashed. Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch Calls Intensify for Investigation Into Bush-era CIA Program Democrats are demanding a fresh investigation into whether the Bush administration failed to brief Congress on the existence of a secret program to target, capture, or kill al-Qaida operatives. Gwen Ifill examines the story with two journalists. Continue watching
Jul 09 Watch As Troops Continue Afghan Offensive, Focus Turns to Civilian Outreach U.S. Marines pushed further into the Helmand province in southern Afghanistan this week, as word came of a truck bombing in a village south of Kabul that killed at least two dozen people. A Washington Post reporter gives an update… Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch Other News: Seven U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan In other news, seven U.S. troops were killed in deadly attacks across Afghanistan, and 165 people have been killed during riots in China. Continue watching
Jul 06 Obama Leadership Faces Test at Moscow Summit By Admin, PBS News Hour President Barack Obama opened a U.S.-Russia summit in Moscow Monday with a prediction of "extraordinary progress" in the areas of nuclear arms reduction and other key bilateral issues. Continue reading