Jun 19 Fragile Cease-fire Between Israel and Hamas Takes Effect By PBS News Hour The truce between Israel and Hamas took effect on Thursday, with both sides halting fighting in the Gaza Strip. But even as it begun, the truce between the two warring sides is said to already be in jeopardy. Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch Debate Looks at Immigration Laws and Citizenship A recent debate sponsored by the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia and moderated by Robert MacNeil examined the current laws dealing with immigration and the possible plans to address the twelve million illegal immigrants currently… Continue watching
May 13 India on Alert after Blasts Kill as Many as 60 By PBS News Hour Dozens of people were killed Tuesday in western India after a series of bomb attacks ripped through the busy city of Jaipur. Continue reading
Jun 08 U.S. to Suspend New Border Rules to Ease Passport Backlog By PBS News Hour The Bush administration said Friday that it would temporarily relax rules requiring passports for U.S. citizens traveling by air to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean because of long waits in processing passports. Continue reading
May 14 Senior Taliban Commander Killed in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour The Afghan government and NATO have confirmed that Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah was killed during a U.S.-led operation in southern Afghanistan Saturday night. Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch Immigration Crackdown Results in 1,300 Arrests An immigration raid of meat plants in six states resulted in nearly 1,300 arrests of illegal immigrants Tuesday. Julie Myers, of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Mark Lauritsen, of the United Food and Commercial Workers, share their views on the… Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch National Guard Assists with Security Along U.S.-Mexico Border President Bush began the deployment of up to 6,000 National Guard members to the four states on the U.S.-Mexico border to perform support duties for border patrols. The NewsHour provides a report. Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch Afghan-Pakistan Relations Tense over Taliban Presence Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met with President Bush in an effort to allay the war of words between the two leaders. Former officials discuss tensions between the neighboring countries, problems with Taliban fighting at the… Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch Immigration Attorney Highlights Legal Problems The last conversation in a series on immigration in the United States features the perspective of Priscilla Labovitz, an attorney who works with legal immigrants. Continue watching
Aug 01 Still Trailing in Polls, Santorum Hammers on Illegal Immigration By PBS News Hour For months, Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., has trailed Pennsylvania Treasurer Bob Casey in his fight for re-election and now the incumbent Republican has latched onto the immigration debate in hopes of finding an issue to rally support. Continue reading