Oct 29 Watch Ex-State Department Official Explains Exit Over Afghan War Strategy In an interview with Judy Woodruff, Matthew Hoh, the first U.S. official known to resign in protest to America's presence in Afghanistan, discusses his objections to the war. Continue watching
Oct 28 New Strategies Considered to Curb U.S.-Mexico Drug Trade The U.S. dealt a "significant blow" to one of Mexico's most infamous drug cartels last week after a 19-state drug raid resulted in 300 arrests and millions of dollars in confiscated money. This comes on the heels of new drug… Continue reading
Oct 28 Obama Signs Measure to Widen Hate Crimes Law By Quinn Bowman In the first expansion of a federal hate crimes law since 1968, President Barack Obama signed a bill Wednesday that extends hate crime protections to include sexual orientation and gender identity. Continue reading
Oct 27 October Afghan War’s Deadliest Month for U.S. By Dave Gustafson Eight U.S. troops were killed in multiple bombings Tuesday in southern Afghanistan, making October the deadliest month of the war for U.S. forces since its start in 2001. Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch News Wrap: October the Deadliest Month in Afghan War In other news, October officially became the deadliest month for U.S. forces in Afghanistan since the start of the war in 2001, and in Iraq a deal that would have cleared the way for national elections has dissolved. Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch Kerry: Afghan Troop Push Goes ‘Too Far, Too Fast’ Margaret Warner speaks with Sen. John Kerry about his recent trip to Afghanistan to persuade President Hamid Karzai to accept a runoff election. Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch In Afghanistan, a Deadly Day for Americans American forces suffered their deadliest day in four years in Afghanistan as 14 troops and civilians were killed in separate air crashes. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
Oct 26 Reid to Include Public Option in Senate Bill By Quinn Bowman After days of negotiations, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced Monday that he will include a government-run public health insurance option in the health care reform legislation he plans to bring to the Senate floor. Continue reading
Oct 23 Watch ‘Traumatized’ Afghanistan Could Take Decades to Fix Margaret Warner speaks with Rory Stewart, who spent two years walking across Afghanistan, about whether President Obama should commit more troops to the war there. Continue watching
Oct 23 NATO to Move Toward More Troops, Afghan Aid By Dave Gustafson Defense Secretary Robert Gates, speaking at a NATO conference in Slovakia, said Friday that allies are moving toward sending more troops and civilian aid to Afghanistan. Continue reading