Nov 16 Medal of Honor Recipient: Comrades ‘Gave Every One of Their Tomorrows’ DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s4570qfc4', 'SINKHAU-stQ', '29'); Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore A. Giunta became on Tuesday the first living American servicemember from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to be honored with the U.S. military's highest decoration. Hours before President Barack… Continue reading
Nov 15 Watch Karzai Criticism of U.S. Mission Renews Afghan-American Tensions Afghan President Hamid Karzai told the Washington Post this weekend that the U.S. should scale back its mission, including night raids, in Afghanistan. The comments are the latest source of tension between Karzai's government and the Obama administration. Gwen Ifill… Continue watching
Nov 12 Watch Political, Legal Wrangling Continues Over ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ The Supreme Court is the latest to leave a legal mark on the wrangling over the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Margaret Warner reports. Continue watching
Nov 12 Supreme Court Refuses to Block ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ By News Desk The Supreme Court refused to block enforcement of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on openly gay servicemembers Friday, the latest in a series of court battles over the policy. The legal challenge came from the Log… Continue reading
Nov 11 Honor Flight Program Helps Vets Visit WWII Memorial On a beautiful fall day in Washington, D.C., children from a Virginia elementary school lined the path leading to the World War II Memorial waving flags and chanting "USA! USA!" They were there to welcome World War II veterans… Continue reading
Nov 10 Stranded Cruise Ship Slowly Towed to Shore; Navy Airlifts Spam to Passengers Passengers aboard the Carnival Splendor are headed, slowly, in the direction of San Diego after a fire onboard Monday, facing another uncomfortable day without air conditioning or hot food aboard the 113,000-ton ship. The Coast Guard and… Continue reading
Oct 22 New WikiLeaks Cache Reveals More on Iraqi War Deaths, Detainee Abuse Analysis of a new cache of secret documents pertaining to the Iraq war surfaced Friday via the WikiLeaks website. Nearly 400,000 documents were obtained by the WikiLeaks organization and provided to several media organizations, including The New York Times,… Continue reading
Oct 21 Watch News Wrap: U.S., Afghan Troops Claim Gains in Taliban Stronghold In other news Thursday, a report in The New York Times says a U.S. and Afghan military offensive has made gains in the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar by deploying a new mobile rocket and by disrupting insurgent supply lines. Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Reinstated, For Now; Repeal Effort Back in Limbo The military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy banning gays from serving openly in the ranks was reinstated Thursday -- at least for now. Margaret Warner talks to Time magazine's Mark Thompson about the legal battle over the policy, the Pentagon's… Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch Will ‘Target and Talk’ Approach Work With the Taliban? The Obama administration is ramping up an Afghan war strategy that combines attacks on the Taliban while assisting peace talks. Will it work? Margaret Warner gets two views. Continue watching