Mar 27 Watch Obama Sets Plan to Boost Afghan Stability, Confront Taliban and Al-Qaida President Obama's new strategy for the Afghanistan war includes 4,000 more troops and assistance to Pakistan in its fight against militants. Special envoy to the region, Richard Holbrooke, and Central Command chief Gen. David Petraeus explain the plan. Continue watching
Mar 27 More Troops, Civilian Trainers to Head to Afghanistan Under New Strategy By Admin, PBS News Hour President Barack Obama announced a new strategy for the Afghanistan war on Friday that would dispatch more military and civilian trainers to the country, in addition to the 17,000 more combat troops he already ordered. Continue reading
Mar 27 Text: Obama’s Remarks on Afghanistan Strategy By Admin, PBS News Hour On Friday, President President Barack Obama announced his administration's new strategy for dealing with the al-Qaida terrorist organization and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Here are his remarks, as released by the White House:… Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch Other News: Wall Street Surge Continues In other news, the Dow Jones industrial average and the Nasdaq both made gains and computer giant IBM announced it will cut about 5,000 jobs from its U.S. workforce. Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch Australian Prime Minister Rudd Discusses Global Economy, War in Afghanistan Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd met with President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this week to discuss the global economic crisis and military strategy in Afghanistan. Rudd offers his take on these issues in an interview with Jim… Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch Other News: Home Sales Rise, Mexico Drug War Escalates In the day's other news, reports showing increased home sales helped fuel a rally on Wall Street and the Mexican government announced it will offer $2 million each for the arrest of 24 top drug lords in its latest effort… Continue watching
Mar 19 Watch Karzai: Additional U.S. Troops ‘Seven Years Too Late’ In an interview with Margaret Warner, Afghan President Hamid Karzai welcomed additional U.S. troops, but said they were "seven years too late." He also endorsed reaching out to members of the Taliban who embraced the Afghan constitution. Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch Afghan Daily Life Offers New Opportunities, Old Problems Nearly eight years after the ouster of the Taliban in Afghanistan, military operations and political shifts have changed the daily lives of the Afghan people in unexpected ways. Margaret Warner reports on day-to-day life, the drug trade and corruption in… Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch Other News: Biden Urges Wise Use of Stimulus Funds In the day's other news headlines, Wall Street rallied after the Fed announced more funds to stimulate the economy and Vice President Joe Biden warned county and city officials not to squander stimulus funds. Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch McKiernan Outlines Challenges to Military Mission in Afghanistan U.S. and NATO commander Gen. David McKiernan speaks to Margaret Warner in Afghanistan about the status of military operations in the country and new efforts to shore up the region's security. Continue watching