Oct 12 Watch News Wrap: Judge Orders Injunction for ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips ordered the military stop enforcing its ban on openly gay troops and issued a worldwide injunction against the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Continue watching
Oct 06 Inside The Supreme Court: Marcia Coyle on Military Funeral Protests By Elizabeth Summers Attorney Margie Phelps argues for the respondents in Snyder v. Phelps. Courtroom sketch courtesy William Hennessy Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal was inside the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to hear arguments in a much anticipated case… Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch News Wrap: Taliban, Afghan Officials Reportedly in Talks to End War In other news Wednesday, The Washington Post reported that Afghan officials are taking part in high-level talks with Taliban leaders to end the nine-year war. In Hungary, a criminal investigation was launched into its ongoing toxic sludge disaster. Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch Supreme Court Justices ‘Felt the Emotion’ of Military Funeral Protest Case Supreme Court justices are considering a battle of First Amendment rights vs. individual privacy after members of a controversial church protested at the funeral of a U.S. Marine. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal describes Wednesday's hearing and considers… Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch Supreme Court Weighs First Amendment Limits in Military Funeral Protest Case The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a First Amendment case involving the controversial Westboro Baptist Church group protesting at a U.S. Marine's funeral. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch Release of Fisherman Reflects China’s Rising Economic, Military Power Over the weekend, China flexed its economic and military power when Japan gave into demands by releasing a trawler captain. Margaret Warner examines China's growing assertiveness in the region. Continue watching
Sep 21 Watch ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal Effort Dealt Setback in Senate The Senate could not reach 60 votes to start debate on a defense spending bill Tuesday, effectively blocking an attached repeal of "Don't Ask Don't Tell." Jim Lehrer talks to Political Editor David Chalian and Time Magazine's Mark Thompson for… Continue watching
Sep 13 Camp in Maine Offers Veterans Time to Unwind, Heal By Ray Suarez Kieve Camp in Nobleboro, Maine, started by welcoming families of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and now helps families and veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. Continue reading
Sep 10 Ray Suarez: Microcosm of America at Megabase Fort Hood Ray Suarez reports at Ford Hood. Photo by Daniel Sagalyn Fort Hood is a remarkable place. One day recently began with a bowl of cereal at my kitchen table in Washington, and ended that night with dinner in Killeen,… Continue reading
Sep 09 At Fort Hood, Wounded Soldiers’ Mission Is to Heal By Ray Suarez Fort Hood, the largest Army base in the United States, houses a Wounded Warrior Transition Brigade, where injured soldiers are nursed back to health and returned to the field or to civilian life. Continue reading