Nation Nov 25 Watch 6:15 The fallout from Trump’s intervention in Navy SEAL discipline case President Trump and U.S. military leadership clashed this weekend over the case of Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, a highly decorated Navy SEAL accused and acquitted of war crimes but convicted of posing in a photograph with a dead militant’s…
Politics Nov 24 Pentagon chief fires Navy secretary over SEAL controversy Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday fired the Navy’s top official over his handling of a disciplinary case involving a Navy SEAL. By Robert Burns, Associated Press
Nation Jul 03 Watch 7:01 Why Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher was found not guilty of murdering Iraqi captive After two weeks of testimony, Chief Edward Gallagher was found not guilty of murdering a suspected ISIS prisoner in Iraq. The decorated Navy SEAL had been accused of stabbing the wounded teenage captive, as well as attempted murder of Iraqi…
Nation Jul 02 Watch 5:13 News Wrap: Census forms won’t include citizenship question In our news wrap Tuesday, White House and Justice Department officials confirmed the U.S. Census Bureau will begin printing forms for the 2020 survey, without a citizenship question. Also, members of the European Union have broken a deadlock and chosen…
Jul 10 Entire Thai soccer team now rescued from cave By Kaweewit Kaewjinda, Stephen Wright, Associated Press A daring rescue mission in the treacherous confines of a flooded cave in northern Thailand has saved all 12 boys and their soccer coach who were trapped deep within the labyrinth, ending a grueling 18-day ordeal that claimed the life… Continue reading
May 06 Pentagon says Navy SEAL was killed in Somalia operation By Associated Press The Pentagon has identified the Navy SEAL who was killed in a military operation in Somalia. Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch 8:25 Questions persist about deadly Yemen raid and its results By PBS NewsHour More than a month after a controversial U.S. Special Operations raid in Yemen -- during which Navy SEAL Ryan Owens was killed -- there are still questions about how the mission was authorized, what it accomplished and more. Chief foreign… Continue watching
Feb 28 Watch 3:59 News Wrap: Trump followed generals’ advice on Yemen raid By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Tuesday, President Trump said in an interview on FOX News that he followed his generals' advice in ordering a U.S. military raid that left a Navy SEAL dead. Also, billionaire investor Wilbur Ross was sworn-in by… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch 4:50 News Wrap: Trump makes surprise visit to honor Navy SEAL killed in Yemen By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Wednesday, President Trump flew to Dover Air Force Base to honor the first U.S. serviceman killed in combat since he took office, as the remains of William "Ryan" Owens, a Navy SEAL arrived for a special… Continue watching