Feb 02 Portraits of the Face of War By Tom LeGro In her surprisingly tender portraits of former soldiers and marines, photographer Nina Berman documents the lives of veterans who have made an extraordinary sacrifice for their country, and who now must make a new start in the face of serious… Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch Top Defense Officials Seek an End to ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a Senate panel Tuesday they would review how to end the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that bans gays and lesbians from serving… Continue watching
Jan 28 Obama Vows to Repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ By Larisa Epatko President Barack Obama promised Wednesday during his State of the Union speech to work with Congress to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy toward gays and lesbians in the military. Two experts with opposing views offer their takes. Continue reading
Jan 19 Watch U.S Military Plays High-Profile Role in Haiti Relief Effort Some 800 U.S. Marines arrived in Haiti on Tuesday, in addition to members of the Army's 82nd Airborne division. As the U.S. troop presence builds there, Jim Lehrer speaks with a pair of experts about the military's mission in the… Continue watching
Jan 19 Watch Lessons Emerge from Quake Relief Effort in Haiti One week after the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti, Gwen Ifill speaks with Jon Andrus of the Pan American Health Organization about which aspects of the international response have worked and which have failed. Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch Ambassador: ‘We’re Going to Have Some Order in Haiti’ Haiti's ambassador to the U.S., Raymond Joseph, discusses how the Haitian government is responding to the crisis even though many of its workers are quake victims as well. Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch News Wrap: Fort Hood Report Could Lead to Discipline In other news, an independent report blamed several military officers for failing to prevent the Fort Hood massacre in November, and the man accused of planning to bomb Bali in 2002 may be tried in Washington D.C. Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch Other News: 5 Americans Face Possible Life Sentences in Pakistan In other news, Pakistani police announced that five Americans will face terror charges for allegedly trying to train with a militant group linked to al-Qaida, and U.S. war deaths soared in Afghanistan in the past year. Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch CIA Hunts for Answers After Deadly Afghanistan Attack The director of the Central Intelligence Agency reported Thursday that seven CIA employees were killed in an attack on a U.S. military base in Afghanistan. Jeffrey Brown reports, and then Ray Suarez speaks with a Washington Post reporter who covers… Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch Photographers Lend a Hand With Portraits of Military Families For troops in the field, few things are more important than reminders of their families -- particularly photos. Tom Bearden reports on how some photographers are lending a helping hand. Continue watching