May 21 Watch Obama, Cheney Defend National Security Priorities President Barack Obama and former Vice President Dick Cheney's outlined their views on national defense policy Thursday in competing speeches. Here are some excerpts from both. Continue watching
May 21 Watch Obama, Cheney Each Defend National Defense Philosophies President Obama and former Vice President Dick Cheney each defended their views on national defense policy Thursday, with Obama emphasizing the need to close Guantanamo and Cheney insisting that enhanced interrogation yielded valuable information. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
May 21 Obama Details Strategy on Gitmo Detainees By PBS News Hour President Barack Obama defended his decision to close the Guantanamo prison camp Thursday and pledged to work with Congress to develop a system for imprisoning detainees who may need to come to the U.S. if they can't be tried or… Continue reading
May 20 Cheney Defends Bush-era Defense Policies By PBS News Hour Former Vice President Dick Cheney spoke Thursday at the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute immediately after President Obama's domestic policy address. Here is the text of his speech, as prepared for delivery:… Continue reading
May 20 President Obama Defends National Security Policy By Admin, PBS News Hour President Barack Obama on Thursday morning defended his decision to close the Guantanamo prison camp and his administration's other national security policies. Here is the complete text of his speech as delivered:… Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch Corruption Case Exposes Scope of Bribery in Nigeria Last year, Albert Jack Stanley, the former CEO of KBR, pleaded guilty to bribery for masterminding the payment of more than $180 million to Nigerian officials. PBS Frontline correspondent Lowell Bergmen reports on the damage done by large-scale bribery in… Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch Inauguration, Transition and Bush Farewell Top Week’s Political News Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks look ahead to Inauguration Day, discuss Barack Obama's dinner with conservative columnists and analyze President Bush's attempts to shape a legacy. Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch Cheney Reflects on Legacy, Defends Interrogation Policy Vice President Dick Cheney looks back on the Bush administration's eight years in office, answers new questions on claims that the U.S. tortured terror suspects and assesses the challenges ahead for the Obama team. Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch Biden Set to Inherit Expanded Vice Presidential Powers After Cheney Era As one of the most assertive vice presidents in American history, Dick Cheney changed the role of the office more than many of his predecessors. Analysts examine the evolution of the office and how Vice President elect Joe Biden will… Continue watching
Sep 01 Watch Shields and Brooks Weigh Impact of Subdued RNC on McCain Campaign Hurricane Gustav's brush with New Orleans on the first scheduled day of the GOP convention has changed the dynamic of the event. Political analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the convention's abbreviated first day and what lies ahead in… Continue watching