Jul 19 Watch President Bush Vetoes Stem Cell Bill President Bush issued his first veto Wednesday on a bill that would have eased restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. Two political analysts discuss the use of the presidential veto. Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch Senate Questions Attorney General Gonzales on Wiretapping Program Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday that President Bush refused to grant security access to investigators looking into the National Security Agency's phone-tapping program. Continue watching
Jul 17 Watch President Bush Threatens to Veto Stem Cell Bill President Bush threatened to use his veto power after the Senate reopened debate Monday on a bill to lift restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. Two analysts discuss the medical research implications. Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch Poltical Analysts Discuss Middle East, G-8 Summit and Plame Lawsuit Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks look at the Middle East conflict, the upcoming G-8 Summit, the Valerie Plame lawsuit against Dick Cheney and the new policy on terror detainees. Continue watching
Jul 13 Former CIA Officer Sues Cheney and Rove over Leak By PBS News Hour Former CIA officer Valerie Plame, whose identity was leaked to reporters in 2003, filed a lawsuit against Vice President Dick Cheney and a dozen others Thursday, accusing them of conspiring to end her career. Continue reading
Jul 11 Watch U.S. to Comply with Geneva Treaty on Detainees In a policy shift outlined in a Pentagon memo, the Bush administration has decided to treat all detainees in compliance with the minimum standard spelled out by the Geneva Conventions. Senators discuss the change. Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch Discharged U.S. Soldier Pleads Not Guilty to Murder, Rape of Iraqi Civilian In a federal court in Kentucky Thursday, former army private Steven Green pleaded not guilty to murder and rape charges stemming from an incident in the Iraqi town of Mahmoudiya in March. A New York Times writer discusses the charges… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch U.S. Armed Forces React to Charges Against Troops in Iraq Amid continued allegations of misconduct by U.S. military servicemen in Iraq, including seven marines and one navy corpsman accused of killing an Iraqi civilian in April, the military has added ethics and "values training" into soldier exercises. Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch Three Arrested in Plot to Bomb New York City Tunnels New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly discusses the arrest of three al-Qaida followers suspected of plotting to set off explosives in the Holland Tunnel and PATH railway tunnels under the Hudson River this fall. Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch Death of Kenneth Lay Leaves Questions Unanswered Widely condemned for his role in the largest corporate bankruptcy in history, Enron founder Kenneth Lay, who died Wednesday at the age of 64, leaves behind many unanswered questions. Two experts discuss the unaswered questions of Lay's life and the… Continue watching