May 21 Watch Obama, Cheney Each Defend National Defense Philosophies President Obama and former Vice President Dick Cheney each defended their views on national defense policy Thursday, with Obama emphasizing the need to close Guantanamo and Cheney insisting that enhanced interrogation yielded valuable information. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
May 21 Four N.Y. Men Charged in Terror Plot Against Synagogue, Military Aircraft By PBS News Hour Four men were arrested Wednesday night in connection with an alleged plot to bomb two synagogues in the Bronx and shoot down U.S. military planes at an Air National Guard base approximately 60 miles north of New York City. Continue reading
May 21 Obama Details Strategy on Gitmo Detainees By PBS News Hour President Barack Obama defended his decision to close the Guantanamo prison camp Thursday and pledged to work with Congress to develop a system for imprisoning detainees who may need to come to the U.S. if they can't be tried or… Continue reading
May 20 Watch Gitmo’s Closing, Financial Regulation Top Hill’s Agenda Lawmakers have been pushing through a busy agenda in recent days, debating issues from the closing of the Guantanamo prison facility to the legalities of carrying loaded guns into national parks. Political analysts Stuart Rothenberg and Amy Walter offer insight. Continue watching
May 20 Cheney Defends Bush-era Defense Policies By PBS News Hour Former Vice President Dick Cheney spoke Thursday at the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute immediately after President Obama's domestic policy address. Here is the text of his speech, as prepared for delivery:… Continue reading
May 20 President Obama Defends National Security Policy By Admin, PBS News Hour President Barack Obama on Thursday morning defended his decision to close the Guantanamo prison camp and his administration's other national security policies. Here is the complete text of his speech as delivered:… Continue reading
May 19 Obama Unveils Tougher Emissions Standards Plan By Admin, PBS News Hour President Barack Obama outlined plans Tuesday for the nation's first wide-ranging effort to curb vehicle emissions while cutting U.S. dependence on foreign oil, calling the plan an historic turning point toward a "clean-energy economy."… Continue reading
May 18 Watch Supreme Court Turns Back Detainee Lawsuit Against Mueller, Ashcroft In a 5-4 ruling, Supreme Court said Monday that FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroft can't face a lawsuit launched by a former terrorism detainee. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal recaps the ruling and… Continue watching
May 15 Watch Obama to Revive Military Trials for Gitmo Detainees President Obama plans to restart Bush administration-era tribunals for Guantanamo detainees, but offer the men new legal protections. NewsHour senior correspondent Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
May 14 With House Arrest Set to Expire, Suu Kyi Faces New Charges By PBS News Hour Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the pro-democracy Myanmar opposition, faces new criminal charges just weeks before her house arrest was supposed to end after an American man swam across a lake to reach her compound, her lawyer said. Continue reading