Aug 12 Watch 8:01 Explaining the Middle East conflicts through the eyes of six individuals By PBS News Hour In an article that consumes the entirety of this week’s New York Times Magazine, Scott Anderson aims to tell a story of great breadth and timeliness: how the current conflicts in the Middle East arose, and how they might evolve… Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch 6:10 Why America's longest war is getting longer By PBS News Hour The Obama administration revised up the number of troops it plans to keep in Afghanistan by the end of the year. With a current force of 10,000 there, President Obama said he will reduce the number to only 8,400 in… Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch 4:14 News Wrap: GOP gun and anti-terror bill faces House opposition By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, members of the Freedom Caucus came out against a Republican bill that would bar gun sales to those on a terror watchlist. That leaves House Speaker Paul Ryan without the votes to pass the measure. Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch What I'll tell my son about fighting in the Iraq war By PBS News Hour Phil Klay, a veteran and author of the National Book Award-winning book “Redeployment,” explains the difficulty for service members trying figuring out what to say to family about their experience and role in fighting a war. Continue watching
May 25 Watch 5:53 Are strained relations with Iraq hurting the fight against Islamic State? By PBS News Hour On Sunday, Defense Secretary Ash Carter blamed Iraqi soldiers for losing the key city of Ramadi to the Islamic State group. Iraqi leaders condemned the comments and a top Iranian commander charged that the U.S. is the one that lacks… Continue watching
May 24 Navy veteran skydives with soldiers in support of the military's burn victims By Carey Reed Ryan "Birdman" Parrott, a 32-year-old Navy veteran, has skydived with soldiers from every U.S. war since World War II to raise awareness for his foundation Sons of the Flag, which benefits the military's burn victims. On Monday, he'll be leading… Continue reading
May 17 Iraq War judged a mistake by White House hopefuls By Connie Cass, Associated Press A dozen years later, American politics has reached a rough consensus about the Iraq War: It was a mistake. Continue reading
May 07 Emma Sky's remarkable rise in Iraq, in a virtually all-male sea of military men By Margaret Warner British Middle East scholar Emma Sky was an early opponent of the Iraq invasion but nonetheless volunteered to work for the U.S. and British-led Coalition Provisional Authority to stand up a post-Saddam government. She took clothes for 3 months --… Continue reading
May 07 Watch 3:24 Author Emma Sky on the fateful mistakes made after the Iraq invasion By PBS News Hour Continue watching