Oct 22 Watch Indonesia Remains Secular Despite Islamic Revival Despite a resurgence of Islam in the predominately Muslim country, Indonesia has remained politically secular. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports. Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch Yoo’s Tenure Questioned Over Bush Torture Policy Spencer Michels reports on the ongoing academic wrangling over former Bush attorney John Yoo's instruction at the University of California, Berkeley. Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch Obama Visits New Orleans to Gauge Recovery President Obama flew to New Orleans on Thursday to assess the city's recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Margaret Warner reports. Continue watching
Aug 18 Obama ‘Encouraged’ on Pace of Peace Efforts By Tom LeGro President Obama said Tuesday after meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that he is encouraged by progress in U.S. efforts to bring Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table. Continue reading
Jul 07 Watch Obama Administration Plans to Expand Research Funding for Older Stem Cell Lines An Obama administration plan released Monday would expand federal funding of stem cell research to older lines of stem cells previously ineligible for such financing. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
May 15 Watch Obama to Revive Military Trials for Gitmo Detainees President Obama plans to restart Bush administration-era tribunals for Guantanamo detainees, but offer the men new legal protections. NewsHour senior correspondent Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Apr 17 Memos Shed New Light on CIA Interrogation Tactics By Admin, PBS News Hour A series of Bush-era Justice Department memos chronicling the legal justifications for harsh CIA interrogation tactics used on top terrorism suspects was released by the Obama administration Thursday. Continue reading
Mar 09 Watch Obama Lifts Restrictions on Funding Human Stem Cell Research Betty Ann Bowser reports on President Barack Obama's executive order to lift restrictions on federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research. Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch Leahy, Other Lawmakers Call for Investigation of Bush-Era Terrorism Policies Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy called for a nonpartisan "truth commission" to investigate the Bush administration's policies on interrogation of terror detainees. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
Feb 27 Obama Pledges U.S. Combat Troops Will Leave Iraq by August 2010 By Admin, PBS News Hour Stating "I have come to speak to you about how the war in Iraq will end," President Barack Obama on Friday unveiled his strategy on the future for U.S. forces in the country, announcing that all combat troops will be… Continue reading