Dec 12 Watch Experts Still Divided After Iraq Study Group Recommendations Following up on a series of conversations about U.S. Iraq policy, six guests debate the Iraq Study Group and President Bush's response to the different options offered. Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch Polls Reveal Public Concerned About Iraq Four new studies show Americans are uneasy about whether we can fix the situation in Iraq. Andrew Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center, discusses the poll results and what they mean about public attitudes on the war with Iraq. Continue watching
Nov 28 Watch Americans Debate Whether to Call Crisis in Iraq ‘Civil War’ As the numbers of deaths and retaliation attacks in Iraq increase, editors, lawmakers and even the general public are debating whether to call the conflict a 'civil war.' Experts on military warfare and a journalist analyze the terminology and its… Continue watching
Oct 24 Watch Plan Floated to Divide Iraq Along Ethnic Lines As the debate continues over the United States' next steps in Iraq, some proposals have called for sectioning the country along ethnic lines. Former State Department official Peter Galbraith discusses the decentralization of Iraq in this second of a Newshour… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch President Outlines U.S. Plans on Winning War on Terrorism President Bush has begun a series of speeches to boost support for the war on terrorism. A Democrat and Republican debate U.S. foreign policy and its impacts on mid-term elections. Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch Political Analysts Discuss Mideast Conflict, an Iraqi Civil War, U.S. Senate Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the diplomatic efforts to end the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict, a possible civil war in Iraq, the Connecticut primary and the U.S. Senate. Continue watching
Aug 03 Watch Top U.S. Military Commanders Warn of Civil War in Iraq Military officials told a Senate committee Thursday that Iraq could descend into civil war. Sens. John Warner, R-Va., and Jack Reed, D-R.I., review U.S. policy in the Middle East. Continue watching
Jul 24 Iraqi Prime Minister Denies Civil War By Admin, PBS News Hour Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki asserted Monday that, despite sectarian violence across the country that kills an average of 100 civilians per day, Iraq is not slipping into a civil war. Continue reading
Jun 16 Watch Shields and Brooks Debate Iraq War, Karl Rove and Guantanamo Political analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the president's trip to Iraq, a House vote on a timetable for withdrawing troops, and debate over the detention center at Guantanamo. Continue watching
Jun 15 Britain Agrees to Imprison Taylor if Ex-Liberian Leader Is Convicted By PBS News Hour Britain agreed to host former Liberian President Charles Taylor in one of its prisons if he is convicted of war crimes, a government official said Thursday, paving the way for the U.N.-backed court in Sierra Leone to transfer Taylor to… Continue reading