May 07 Watch Report on Military’s Growing Number of Sexual Assaults Draws Presidential Rebuke Report on Military's Growing Number of Sexual Assaults Draws Presidential Rebuke… Continue watching
Feb 28 Watch News Wrap: Last Attempts by Lawmakers to Prevent Sequester Fail In other news Thursday, it was "sequester eve" in Washington: the final day before $85 billion dollars in automatic spending cuts take effect. Also, the Obama administration plans to intervene in a challenge to California's gay marriage ban. The Justice… Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch Did Embattled Confirmation Process Weaken New Defense Secretary Hagel? Did Embattled Confirmation Process Weaken New Defense Secretary Hagel?… Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch Defense Secretary Panetta Warns Automatic Spending Cuts Could Mean Furlough Defense Secretary Panetta Warns Automatic Spending Cuts Could Mean Furlough… Continue watching
Jan 29 Watch Defense Department Budget Will Be Major Questioning Point for Nominee Hagel Confirmation hearings will soon begin for former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, tapped to replace Leon Panetta as Secretary of Defense. Hagel will likely face sharp questioning, especially about the Pentagon's budget crisis. Kwame Holman reports on the defense department's budget… Continue watching
Feb 14 Watch China’s Xi Visits Obama Amid ‘Quite a Bit of Trouble’ in Relations China's Xi Visits Obama Amid 'Quite a Bit of Trouble' in Relations… Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen Bids Farewell After 40 Years of Military Service Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen is retiring after four years overseeing the U.S. military and 40 years of military service. Kwame Holman reports on Mullen's legacy and the farewell to one of the most influential military leaders… Continue watching
Jun 23 Gates: Chances of Negotiated Settlement With Taliban ‘Probably Good’ By Larisa Epatko Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the realistic chances of a negotiated settlement with the Taliban to end the Afghan war "are probably good," he told Jim Lehrer in an interview airing on Thursday's NewsHour. Continue reading
Dec 08 Watch Government Pursues Charges Against Blackwater Guards in Iraqis’ Deaths Federal charges against five Blackwater Worldwide guards were unsealed Monday in relation to a 2007 incident in Baghdad that left 14 Iraqis dead and another 20 injured. NPR reporter Dina Temple-Raston discusses the charges and the legal strategy on both… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch U.S. Hostages Speak Out After Captivity in Colombia Three U.S. military contractors who spent more than five years as hostages of in Colombia made their first public statements Monday about the rebel group and their experiences. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching