Dec 29 Watch Former President Ford's Death Marks End of Political Era In a week that includes the passing of former President Ford, political analysts Mark Shields and Richard Lowry discuss Mr. Ford's contributions to U.S. history and the evolution of political life in the country. Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch Shields, Brooks React to Middle East Talks Debate, Bush Press Conference on Iraq With some Democratic senators pushing for talks with Syria and Iran, and President Bush postponing his decision on Iraq policy until the new year, politics columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks offer analysis of the U.S. role in the Middle… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch Secretary of State Rice Places Conditions on Iran, Syria for Talks Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice re-asserts President Bush's need to seek input on Iraq strategy from a variety of sources beyond the Iraq Study Group and explains the president's hesitation to engage in talks with Iraq's neighbors, Iran and Syria. Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch Incoming House Chairman Discusses U.S. Role in Iraq Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., who will become the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee next month, discusses his new role and gives his assessment of the war in Iraq. Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch President Bush Vows to Continue in Iraq in Year-end Speech The NewsHour reports on President Bush's year-end address about the state of U.S. operations in Iraq and a possible short-term increase in troop levels. Continue watching
Dec 20 Iraqi Forces Face Challenges Ahead of Planned 2007 Security Handover By Admin, PBS News Hour As Americans debate the direction of U.S. strategy in Iraq, much of the focus has turned to the Iraqi Security Force, or ISF. Continue reading
Dec 18 Watch Proposals to Increase Troop Levels in Iraq Raise Questions at Home At a time when some policy-makers are calling for a drawback of combat forces from Iraq, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona and others have called for more troops to help end the conflict. Editorial page editors from around the… Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch Analysts Discuss Rumsfeld Resignation and Iraq Study Group Report Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the departure of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and the Bush administration's reaction to the Iraq Study Group report. 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
Dec 11 Watch U.S. Policy in the Middle East Revisited Following Iraq Study Report The Iraq Study Group Report continues to raise prickly questions about the future of Iraq and America's role in the Middle East. Experts analyze how long troops will have to stay in the region and whether the Bush administration is… Continue watching