Apr 01 Watch Jones: Local Corruption Affects Afghans’ Mindset, Trust in Government Jim Lehrer speaks with National Security Advisor Gen. Jim Jones about the difficulty of rooting out government corruption in Afghanistan, how the administration is dealing with pirates and about his own job security. Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch After Delays and Criticism, Pentagon Shifts Priorities to Protect Soldiers Beginning in 2007 the Pentagon shifted its spending priorities to meet the deadly threat of roadside bombs leading to the procurement of the MRAP, or 'Mine Resistant Ambush Protected'. The fourteen-ton vehicle is credited for a drastic decline in roadside… Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch 11:48 Marine tilt-rotor aircraft set for deployment despite problems The V-22 Osprey, a new tilt-rotor aircraft, is expected to be deployed to Iraq in several months, but critics say it has operational and design problems. Correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on the controversy surrounding the new aircraft. Continue watching
Nov 10 Watch Jim Lehrer Reflects on Marines at Museum Dedication Jim Lehrer spoke of his time in the Marines at the dedication of the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Va., on the 231st anniversary of the corps. Continue watching
Sep 05 Watch Marine Reflects on Personal Impact of 9/11 Sgt. Lazaro Arocha, a New Yorker who joined the Marines one day following the Sept. 11 attacks, served in Iraq, and is now a recruiter, shares his story as the first in a series on Americans changed by 9/11. Continue watching
Jun 21 Watch Eight U.S. Troops Charged with Murder of Iraqi Civilian Seven U.S. Marines and one navy sailor were charged with murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy Wednesday over the April death of a disabled Iraqi man in Hamandiya, while a fourth soldier also was charged with murder in the deaths of three… Continue watching
Jun 07 Watch Marine Corps Head Urges Patience in Haditha Investigations In his first public comments since allegations concerning Iraqi civilian deaths in Haditha and Hamdaniya, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Michael Hagee took responsibility for the training of troops in Iraq, but said he would not resign. Two former Central Command… Continue watching
May 29 Watch Senate Plans Committee to Probe into Haditha Slayings by Marines In light of the Marine Corps' soon to be released report into the killings of 25 Iraqi civilians in Haditha, the Senate Armed Services Committee announced that it will investigate the allegations as well. A New York Times reporter in… Continue watching