May 26 Watch Assessing the Obama Administration’s New Border Security Strategy The Obama administration has announced plans to send 1,200 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to perform support roles, such as surveillance and intelligence analysis. Judy Woodruff gets two points of view on the new security strategy for the… Continue watching
Mar 06 Reporter’s Notebook: ‘Sodbusters’ Lend Afghan Farmers a Hand By Admin, PBS News Hour Margaret Warner is reporting in Afghanistan on political developments, counter-insurgency campaigns and nation-building efforts. In this reporter's notebook, she accompanies the Nebraska National Guard on an agricultural mission. Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch New G.I. Bill Aims to Provide Expanded Educational Benefits to Troops A new G.I. bill signed into law Monday doubles funding for education benefits available to military personnel who have served since Sept. 11, 2001, and allows transfer of benefits to a spouse or children. Analysts discuss the law and its… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch As Violence Peaks and Dips, Debate Over ‘Surge’ Persists President Bush said Tuesday he believes last year's surge of 30,000 U.S. troops to Iraq -- which has been attributed with helping reduce the violence in some parts of Baghdad -- is working. Military policy experts debate the effectiveness of… Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch War Vets Still Struggle With Education Costs, Despite G.I. Bill Benefit John Merrow reports on how education benefits offered through the G.I. Bill are issued to soldiers returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the renewed efforts by some members of Congress to expand the bill, which has seen… Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch Analysts Weigh Bush’s Final State of Union, Democratic Response In his final State of the Union address, President Bush urged Congress not to delay the economic stimulus bill, while Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius urged for bipartisan efforts to address health care and global warming. Analysts consider the speeches. Continue watching
Oct 25 Watch Crews Labor to Fully Rein in Damaging California Wildfires Wildfires that have forced thousands to evacuate continued to burn across parts of Southern California Thursday and the number of deaths blamed on the blazes rose to 10. Experts discuss what makes the fires difficult to contain and how the… Continue watching
May 23 Watch Soldiers, Families Paying Price of Iraq War In a follow-up to his report on the financial costs of the war, NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman looks into who in America is paying the price. Continue watching
May 08 Watch Kansas Governor Outlines Tornado Recovery Efforts Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat, said this week that the tornado recovery effort in her state has been limited by National Guard resources being diverted to the Iraq war. She discusses this issue and the White House's response. Continue watching
Apr 06 Watch Pelosi Travels to Syria; Candidates Release Fund-raising Numbers Political analysts Mark Shields and Rich Lowry discuss a trip to Syria for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and the release of presidential campaign fund-raising numbers. Continue watching