Jun 17 Watch 5:04 State Department officials push for military intervention in Syria By PBS News Hour The question of how to end the devastating five-year Syrian Civil War has split the United States foreign service. Recently, a group of State Department officials signed an internal memo protesting U.S. policy in Syria and calling for military intervention… Continue watching
Mar 14 Watch 9:19 Syrian peace talks begin, but the migrant crisis remains dire By PBS News Hour The first round of UN-backed Syrian peace talks began in Geneva Monday morning -- but for those trapped in overcrowded refugee camps, seeking to enter Europe through the Balkans’ closed borders, help seems far away. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch 6:09 How do Americans become enemies of their own state? By PBS News Hour In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings and San Bernardino mass shooting, homegrown Islamic extremism has become one of the country’s most pressing national security concerns. Author Peter Bergen set out to document how and why Americans become enemies… Continue watching
Feb 25 Watch 8:11 As Syrian ceasefire looms, doubts swirl about effectiveness By PBS News Hour The longstanding debate over whether the U.S. should intervene in Syria’s civil war has taken on new importance this week following a ceasefire agreement brokered by the U.S. and Russia. But how likely is an actual halt to violence in… Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch State Department faces criticism in uphill social media war against Islamic State group By PBS News Hour Three teenage girls from Denver were detained in Germany last weekend by American authorities under suspicion of joining the Islamic State. The militant group lures recruits worldwide with a sophisticated social media operation. Margaret Warner reports on how the U.S. Continue watching
Oct 08 Why Washington — not Lincoln or FDR — had the hardest job of any U.S. president By Margaret Warner George Washington isn't the sexiest of American presidents in our public imagination, nor the most accessible. Perhaps we are all too weighed down by the "father of his country" image, the cherry tree myth, his powdered wig and bone-and-ivory (no,… Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch Pressure is on for Iraqi factions to reconcile in face of extremist threat By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch Why Kurdish fighters lack the military might to thwart the Islamic State By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch Displaced Iraqis traumatized by Islamic State, betrayed by neighbors By PBS News Hour The humanitarian crisis in Iraq is taking its toll on displaced Christians and those in the minority Yazidi community. As brutal attacks from the Sunni militant group known as the Islamic State continue, hundreds of thousands have fled to the… Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch 11:16 Despite military advances, displaced Iraqis fear risks of returning home By PBS News Hour Saving the Kurdish city of Irbil from the onslaught of Islamic State fighters was one of the goals of U.S. airstrikes launched earlier this month. But a sense of foreboding remains in the region, and many of the displaced residents… Continue watching