Nov 24 Iraq: Breaking Down a Base By Larisa Epatko In the months leading up to their departure by the end of 2011, U.S. troops were packing up and moving out of bases that will be transferred to Iraqi hands. View a slide show of the troops' final weeks in… Continue reading
Nov 11 Watch Job-Seeking Vets Confront Stigma of 'Falling Behind' While Deployed More than 12 percent of the roughly 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans were jobless last month, compared to 9 percent of the total population. As part of his reporting on Making Sen$e of financial news, Paul Solman looks at… Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch Obama Urges U.S. Employers to Hire Veterans President Obama declared that the "tide of war is receding" at a ceremony honoring the nation's veterans on Friday, as the military prepares to leave Iraq and begin winding down combat operations in Afghanistan. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch A Life Under Fire: Combat Photographer Captures, Carries Wounds of War Combat Veteran Captures Impact of War One Picture at a Time… Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch Shields, Brooks on Iraq Withdrawal, Gadhafi's Demise, Feisty GOP Debate Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including the killing of Moammar Gadhafi, President Obama's announcement of U.S. troops withdrawing from Iraq by the end of the year, plus the… Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch McDonough: U.S. Military Brass 'Absolutely' OK With Iraq Withdrawal by 2012 President Obama announced Friday that all but a few dozen American troops will leave Iraq by the end of the year as planned, and that the "long war" will come to an end. Margaret Warner discusses the withdrawal logistics and… Continue watching
Oct 21 Obama: Iraq War Over, Troops to Leave by Year's End By Larisa Epatko President Obama announced Friday that American troops will leave Iraq by the end of the year as planned, and that the "long war in Iraq" will come to an end. Continue reading
Oct 17 Slide Show: The 8 Most Dangerous Countries for Journalists By Larisa Epatko Pakistan, Iraq, Libya and Mexico top the list of places considered the most dangerous for journalists to work, according to a list recently released by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers. Continue reading
Oct 17 8 Most Deadly Countries for Journalists By Larisa Epatko The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers monitors the deaths of journalists related to their work all around the world and recently released its list for 2011 to date. We illustrate some of the top countries here. Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch Does U.S. Drone Use Set a New Precedent for War? The U.S. has dramatically increased its use of unmanned aerial vehicles to go after targets in Afghanistan, Somalia, Libya and especially Pakistan. Jeffrey Brown discusses the use of drones with former Air Force lawyer retired Maj. Gen. Charles Dunlap and… Continue watching