Oct 13 President Signs Bill Aimed at Limiting Online Gambling By PBS News Hour The newly approved Safe Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006, which President Bush signed Friday, included a provision aimed at closing the doors of many of the over 2,500 online gambling casino web sites operating in the United States. Continue reading
Oct 09 World Leaders Condemn North Korea Following Claim of Nuclear Test By PBS News Hour Despite warnings from the U.N. Security Council that a nuclear test would lead to severe consequences, North Korea claimed Monday it set off its first nuclear test. Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch Woodward Discusses New Book Critical of Administration on Iraq War Washington Post editor Bob Woodward's new book, "State of Denial", critiques the Bush administration's handling of the war in Iraq and how officials presented the need to go to war to the American public. Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch Defense Analysts Debate Whether Secretary Rumsfeld Should Go Bob Woodward's new book "State of Denial" presents the struggle between the military and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld over decisions made in the Iraq war. Analysts debate whether Rumsfeld should remain at his post. Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch Prime Minister Blair Gives Farewell Speech to Labour Party In an hour-long speech Tuesday, British Prime Minister Tony Blair addressed the Labour Party for the last time, admitting it will be "hard to let go" when he steps down as leader next year. He also pledged to help unify… Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch President Bush Declassifies Part of Leaked Intelligence Report At a press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, President Bush announced plans to declassify parts of the leaked National Intelligence Estimate. Two House Intelligence Committee members discuss the report's findings and the status of the global war on terrorism. Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch Analysts Debate Deal on Terror Suspects, Congress Approval Ratings Political analysts discuss the agreement between the White House and GOP leaders on handling terror suspects, and recent poll numbers showing low approval ratings of Congress. Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch President Bush’s U.N. Speech Focuses on Mideast Reform In his address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, President Bush said the United States wants to support democratic reform in the Mideast and is not against Islam. Leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee discuss the speech. Continue watching
Sep 18 Watch United Nations Session Opens Amid Debate Over Future President Bush will hold multilateral talks with world leaders at the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly. Analysts debate on whether the U.N. can handle crises such as those in the Middle East and in Darfur. Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch President Bush Pushes Torture Rules and Tribunals Plan President Bush held a press conference Friday, which included a pitch for new detainee rules much tougher than several key Senate Republicans are willing to support. Continue watching