Dec 06 Watch Baker, Hamilton Discuss ‘New Way Forward’ Proposal for Iraq The Iraq Study Group released recommendations Wednesday calling for greater diplomatic efforts, as well as a "change in the primary mission" of U.S. troops that will allow "responsible" troop withdrawal. Co-chairmen James Baker and Lee Hamilton discuss the report. Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch Defense Secretary Nominee Gates Says U.S. Not Winning in Iraq Defense secretary nominee Robert Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday that the United States was not winning the war in Iraq. The NewsHour reports on the unfolding confirmation process for Donald Rumsfeld's replacement. Continue watching
Dec 04 U.S. Ambassador to U.N. John Bolton to Resign By PBS News Hour U.N. Ambassador John Bolton will step down when his temporary appointment expires in the coming weeks, a White House spokesman said Monday. Continue reading
Dec 01 Hezbollah Leads Protest Against Lebanese Government By PBS News Hour A mass of protestors led by Hezbollah gathered outside Lebanon's governmental offices in Beirut Friday demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Fuad Saniora and the creation of a national unity government. Continue reading
Nov 27 Watch Iran Pledges Security Assistance to Longtime Rival Iraq Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pledged to provide Iraq with whatever security is necessary to prevent its struggling neighbor from descending into civil war. Ahmadinejad made the offer during a visit Monday from Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. Continue watching
Nov 22 Watch Lebanon Struggles to Maintain Stability After Assassination Crowds in Lebanon paid their respects to Pierre Gemayel, the Christian Cabinet minister who was gunned down in Beirut this week. In the wake of the assassination of the prominent anti-Syrian leader, analysts discuss threats to stability in Lebanon. Continue watching
Nov 21 Watch Iraq and Syria Restore Relations After 24-year Rift Iraq restored full diplomatic relations with Syria Tuesday in an effort to stem militant violence and garner favor with other Arab states. David Schenker and Robert Malley discuss the new alliance and its possible impact. Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch Illicit Drug Trade Fuels Afghan Economy Officials say the drug trade in Afghanistan threatens efforts to create a strong central government and rebuild the country's economy, in a year when production of the poppy crop increased by 59 percent. ITN correspondent Alex Thomson reports on the… Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch Engaging Iraq’s Neighbors in Dialogue Could Ease Violence, Expert Argues In the conclusion of a series on U.S. strategy in Iraq, James Dobbins, director of International Security and Defense Policy Center at the Rand Corporation, discusses how engaging Iraq's neighbors in dialogue could stabilize the war-torn country. Continue watching
Oct 24 Watch Plan Floated to Divide Iraq Along Ethnic Lines As the debate continues over the United States' next steps in Iraq, some proposals have called for sectioning the country along ethnic lines. Former State Department official Peter Galbraith discusses the decentralization of Iraq in this second of a Newshour… Continue watching